wagonized

Megan's desk, again.

Same art room table top, different day.  I should throw the dying Pigma Micron away, but I like the fact it is behaving more and more like a pencil as it is gradually kicking the bucket.  

Roland, unfinished

I've wanted to draw my father in law for a while, and this alone took me a couple of hours tonight.  I am always much slower when drawing the features of people I know.  The idea is to finish it one day -- and show it to him.  He might get a good laugh out of it.   

2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite on Canson paper.

Rupert in the gutter

I had some time to kill before getting a shot yesterday at the hospital, and the room was so dreary that I could not find inspiration in its rows of chairs and hospital art on the walls.  So I found a picture of Rupert Murdoch in an old issue of Newsweek and started doodling him.  Too bad I cannot get rid of the gutter of the Moleskine sometimes.  

I used a "weaker" pen (brand unknown) than what I am used to, but I don't mind the grey-ish results now that it has been scanned.  

Here is an older drawing I had made of him.  

Fat free Banana cream pie

This is what I didn't have for lunch today -- partly because I am not a fan of low-fat/fat-free/diet food.  I like the richness of cream and real sugar too much.  And butter, too.  But I was glad Megan offered me this yogurt because it gave me something to draw.  Then I gave it back to her.  

Pigma Micron and colored pencils in my sketchbook.  

Chris and origami stars

Chris is one of those students who chooses what teacher he does work for.  His art teachers are the lucky ones.  I drew him today while he was busy avoiding doing his math assignment.  Amazing how much energy some students put into sabotaging their own education.  

I also did a little origami star the other day.  

Five minutes downtown

I was having a hot chocolate at Le Pain Quotidien this afternoon in NYC and started a quick, loose sketch of what I saw outside -- until a big truck parked and obstructed everything!  

So, there.  

Happiness is a mess

I spent 45 minutes doodling with Megan in her classroom today.  

This was the same area last month, and this one last January.  

Pigma Micron 05 in sketchbook.  

Marvin Gray

I have spent the past few days missing our big gray cat Marvin.  He had to be put to sleep last week, and I haven't been able to draw for beans since then.  

For photos of the Marvz, go here.  For video, you can always click here. 

In Suzanne's footsteps

I felt a bit like Suzanne Cabrera (check out her very inspiring "February Feet" sketch) as I was sketching students' boots, shoes and sneakers during our state-wide high school testings this morning.  

Unfinished, as usual

Just a little sketch during lunch from a photo I saw in the French newspaper.  

Pigma Micron 05 (a new one this time) in my sketchbook.