wagonized

Monsieur.

Just a little dude while binge-watching Dexter.

Paper app for the iPad.

 

Nora's little balance bike

Damn ellipses, I hate them. Paper app for the iPad.

 

Drawing side by side

Drawing with my daughter might be my absolute favorite thing to do.  I sit down next to her as she is starting a drawing.  As she begins to tell the story of what she is drawing, I notice it might last for a few minutes.  So I grab a piece of blank paper too and draw what's on the table.  We've done this a couple of times already and her capacity to make a narrative up as she goes has cracked me up.  Meanwhile, as I listen and ask questions, I am doing a little drawing of my own, and if I am lucky, she will come over to my chair and add a little personal touch to it.  In this case, a star to the left.  Tonight, we sat at her table for a solid 45 minutes, and I used her colored pencils to draw her little toy trumpet. 

Time to send packages

I am now sending all the little mixes, DVDs and other little packages that I don't have the time to concoct during the school year.  Yesterday, I sent a couple of movies to my former student Antoine (who had given Nora a bear whom we named Antoine!), and added a bullterrier on the bubble mailer.  Sharpie ultra fine point.  

Liz on package

I recently sent a package to my friends.  I drew Liz, Christina's dog, on the bubble envelope with a Pigma Micron 05.  I asked Christina if she was ok with me developing an obsession with Liz.  I haven't gotten a clear response yet :-)

The toned-down hues of McDonald's

I've been itching to draw the inside of this McDonald because it is so un-McDonaldesque.  If it weren't for the music, it would almost be a restful visit to go there and have a smoothie.  

Pigma Micron 05 and watercolors in sketchbook.

 

Time ain't on my side

It's time I put something on the blog.  I have been drawing frantically but shhhhhh right now it's still under wraps.  

I punctured a tire recently and had to get it fixed.  While I was waiting for my car to be serviced and, as it turns out, washed inside and out (woo-hoo, Hackettstown Honda!), I drew, well, the chair in front of me in the waiting room.  Because there is ALWAYS something to draw. 

Pigma 05 in sketchbook.

 

At the Czesaks

I got a few minutes of sketching during the annual Picklefest held at my friend Keith's.  The house was never this yellow, nor was it a one-car garage, but drawing in pen and watercolor is pretty unmerciful like that.  

Pigma Micron 05 + watercolor with my new Pentel Aquash.  

 

Diane's classroom

I did some sketching in my colleague Diane's art classroom today at school.  I had to borrow a brush to add color because my Pentel Aquash hasn't arrived in the mail yet.  

Pigma Micron 05 and watercolor in sketchbook.

 

Sketching in Brooklyn

It took a little less than a week for the group to form, from the moment I heard from Lapin.  I was not going to pass up an opportunity to sketch with him, and that seemed like a great excuse to round up some other major talents that I have admired for the past few years: Amanda Kavanagh and Stephen Gardner.  Drawing by their side on the sidewalks of Ditmas Park in Brooklyn was a dream come true, no less.  This was our last stop: a barber shop on Cortelyou Rd. The barber himself came out to offer us chairs so we could sketch comfortably.  

Here is what Amanda recounts.