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| Drawing From the Model - The last of the evening. 5 min |
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| 20 minutes. |
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| The best face in the bar walked out before I could draw him! I had to improvise from memory. |
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| The right hand companion piece. |
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| The scene to my left... |
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| The scene to my right. |
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| Inky Blackness, from the Kroeber Session before, Sept 23rd. |
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| Drawing on Friday, Sept 2 with the Seattle Sketch Pistols! We met up at the Elysian Brewpub on Capitol Hill and drew for about 4 hours. It was a grand time spend sketching, drinking great beer and meeting some great new people! |
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| Bumbershoot Day 1: Saturday. Noted with all the bands, events seen that day. The head deep in shadow on the left was from the previous nights event at the Elysian. |
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| Bumbershoot Day 2: Sunday. Noted with all the bands seen that day. |
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| More day 2 drawings. |
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| Some random scribblings from the grounds of the Seattle center. |
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| Bumbershoot day 3: With more bands, films, puppet shows, etc! |
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| At Social, Brewery and Kitchen, 9th and Irving. I really do like the roof structure of this place. I only captured a portion of it. I also really like the swoop of their balcony. |
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| At Social, Brewery and Kitchen, 9th and Irving. Their bar. Not quite the drawing I intended, but then, I was a little tipsy by then. Social is at 9th and Irving. |
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| At Social, Brewery and Kitchen, 9th and Irving. I had lost Melissa and Jason long before I left, so afterwards I went on to the local Brew Pub (9th and Irving) by my lonesome. It's called SOCIAL now. I don't even remember the other names it's had. This is at least the third brew pub in this location. I don't know why it's been so hard to keep a place open here. I ordered the sampler, then wondered why they were so small and insubstantial. Later I realized that these were free! I no longer felt cheated...in any way! I had a full pint of their Double Doozy IPA and an order of Calamari. I should have drawn the Cali' too, before I consumed them, but, oh well! |
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| The Cal Academy African Hall Then, on my way out for the night, I passed through the diorama section of the Academy. |
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On my way out I came across this cool turtle! Ok, actually a tortoise, specifically, a radiated tortoise. |
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| Biding time in the pottery section and with the fishes... |
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| I need a nap! |
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| This guy at least looked a little different! I would have loved to draw him more, I really did not get the details right. |
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| Again, the fascinating feet and hands! |
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| This little guy was amazing! before him I tried two two others that failed, but here they are in their horrible glory. |
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| Who monitors the monitors? |
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My first Drawing. A Rhinoceros Iguana. The humaneness of his hands (claws? Feet?) both fascinated and horrified me as I drew them. Even the anatomy of his legs and arms is startlingly familiar.  |
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| Me, in the mirror of my Truck, as I waited to leave for the show. One the right, the stage, as it awaited the musicians. |
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| My sketch of a fan just before the show on the left, and Jesse Sykes during the first song of her bands set. |
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| The Sadies! Photo Illustration. Live at the Great American Music Hall, August 12, 2011. An awesome show. |
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| The beginning of the book! Sketchy, design-y attempts on the left, typical Moleskine info and sketch of our Monastery in the french countryside. |
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| Quick drawings of the french farmlands and our Monastery from a distance. We had gone out for our morning painting session and found a nice little hidden area near a vineyard. But, we were chased out when a farmer showed up to spray the vines! |
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| Cafe au lait at an outdoor cafe in Cognac. I liked the shapes of the chairs and the little long and thin sugar packets. |
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| The Bridge in Cognac. I took out one footing to make it fit! |
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| This is a pump house, or locks control building. It was closed, but contained some big heavy machinery of some kind relating to the water flow near the bridge. |
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| We had dinner in the restaurant in the Hotel Heritage, Cognac. The lamp was sculpted out of a tree branch by our waiter. |
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| Quick impressions of our waitstaff. |
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| This was an old still, found in a local Cognac distillery in the town of Saint-Hilare, where we were painting. |
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| Drawing at LES LAPIDIALES! This is an old Roman Quarry, where they have artists come and sculpt into the sides of the walls. They offer several residencies at a time for 3-5 months and host artists from all over the world. |
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| A freestanding sculpture, opposite a relief work. |
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| Another freestanding sculpture, and another in relief. |
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| The sculpture on the left is actually an elaborate oven, with a giant dragon head. Unfortunately, it had just been damaged by vandals the night before and was being repaired as we watched. |
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| Right: Spence, and a girl at the train station in La Rochelle. Left, our first dinner back in Paris was Chinese. This Duck was hanging behind glass just past our seating. |
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| Left: Part of the fountain outside the Pompidou. Right: Giant graffiti of S. Dali, directly opposite the fountain. |
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| Outside the Hôtel de Ville, Paris' city hall. They were housing a free exhibition of parts of the Impressionist collection from the Musée d'Orsay. I was glad of a long line, it gave me time to draw. And I loved these Lions, which are situated around the building. |
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| One more lion sketch and a crib from Degas. |
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| Sketching in the Musée Rodin. I could have drawn here all day! |
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| More sketching in the Musée Rodin. The museum is the house he lived and worked in at the end of his life and features both his and Camille Claudel's work. |
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| A cafe waitress, and customers, on the left and a down the street view on the right. |
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| Faces in the crowds. There was an all-over-Paris music festival going on that day, the 21st of June. Bands everywhere! Interesting faces too. |
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| More music spectators on the left and some of our dinner experience on the right. While we ate at a hotel restaurant, the Degres de Notre Dame, two bands played on the opposite corner. |
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| Wed June 22. The Louvre! I did this sketch while having lunch in the Louvre cafe. A 14 euro cheese sandwich! |
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| We ate Mediterranean that night, at a place we called Happy Falafal! Our waiter here, Marc, was one of those outgoing fellows who notices everything! He joked with me about drawing him and demanding a model's fee. He told us he spent some time living in the states but missed his family connections to much to stay. |
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| A quickie of our apartment...with a side sketch of one of the allegorical sculptures outside the Musée d'Orsay. |
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| The allegorical ladies of the Musée d'Orsay. |
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| Some of the paintings and sculptures inside the Musée d'Orsay. |
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More irresistible goodies! Plus one of my favorites, the The Muse of Andre Chenier, byDenys Puech. 1888 |
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| Another view. |
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| Again, I could have drawn here all day. |
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| That night we took in a theater show, How to become Parisian in 1 Hour! A one man show by Olivier Giraud. |
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| "l'Ecoute", at the church of Saint Eustache. |
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| Drawing in one of the many gardens at the Louvre. |
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| Monet's water lilies, at the Musée de l’Orangerie. |
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| Napoleon's tomb and the Armory. |
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| A cool concept car by Citroen. We could not figure out how it was supposed to work! It must be carried like a litter, by the slaves of the post-civilization dystopian future. |
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| The interior of the modest La Varangue. |
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| The Tour Eiffel! Drawn waiting in line for... |
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| This! Le publique pissoir. |
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| Drawn while in line for the Catacombs. |
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| The Metro! Thank the gods for the metro! The day before we walked our feet off. |
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| Three fellows at a table near by, having dinner. They all looked like Jean Luc Picard's. |
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| A woman had her young dog with her at dinner, a Husky/German Shepard mix. Something I had not seen before. And a kid nearby. Both fun to draw. |
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| Unfinished Catacombs.... |
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| On the RER train, heading to the Airport. |
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| Charles De Gaul Airport. |
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| Our shuttle from the gate to our plane. |
