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I've been having some problems with the Blog for the past several days. Unable to upload any photos. But I've still been sketching around the train. The next several days though, I'm going to be at home (long weekend for the holiday) so we'll see what other somewhat interesting stuff I can come up with. ;-)

T.N.

It's always a bit nerve-wracking sketching a fellow artist...thinking "what will they think, how will they critique it!?! WILL THEY LIKE IT!?! Sort of like dating a dentist and never wanting to smile, for fear they'll take a look at you and start extolling the benefits of flossing or braces. And then you give yourself a mental head slap and say "Hey, dummy, it's just a SKETCH. For FUN." (and of course for practice, but in the end it's all about the fun...) Plus, let's face it, not everyone's going to like everything you do. :-)

A new project...

Remember that project that I was working on before? Yeah. I decided to go larger with the faces, to be able to get the detail in that I wanted. Or the lack of detail. Whichever way it decides to go, I sketched it out this time on a roll of tracing paper that I had, so that if I goofed up somewhere down the line and started hating it, I could skip this step again. I was thinking making one an ink line drawing, and one a painting. We shall see, we shall see... :-)

Doggy.

Well... an African Painted Dog. I had some fun at the zoo. While I was going to sit and sketch some more, it got a bit too crowded with humans coming and going, so I settled for this for the moment. Which I liked. The lines seemed to come fairly easy, even with little kids running around me and bumping into me... :-)

Train.

Finally my guys are looking different than each other. Personalities! who'da thunk it?

Running out of ink...

makes for softer shading... :-D

Over and over again

Today, you can see by the many pencil marks, was a day of people moving...in and out of the trains over and over and over. Not too easy to get a full sketch in. Pretty much near impossible. Blocked, turning, moving. But at least it was fun. :)

Sunglasses

Sunny today. Everyone had their sunglasses out. :-D

meh

Yeah.... not too thrilled with this guy today. But then sometimes it's like that. :-)

a pen and three inches of paper

Today I tucked my mini sketchbook in my camera bag and wandered off to the art museum. On the train I saw this guy sitting there snoozing and pulled it out and got a pretty fun sketch in. :-)

Ken

My brother. It looks like a cool sketch...and to me it is. Also, I see things about it that make it NOT look like him. This is where separating what you think and what you know is a good idea. Since I used him and didn't sketch him at his request as a portrait, I lean toward being happier. And am currently shutting down that particular part of me that said "Hey, it doesn't look exactly like him." :-)

More...

The guy today sorta reminded me of Grizzly Adams. Well, a bit more groomed. And that lady had a LOT of hair... :-)

jumble

Yup, just a jumble of people from different times and places on the train. Not too many happy people on there. You'd think since it was Thursday.... :-)

glasses

Mr. Guy With The Glasses had some extremely thick frames, which I found interesting, because the weight of them (appearance wise) constituted more than a quick line. It called for two separate, distinct lines. And his lips were distinct, too. Very full and pouty. Even moreso than a femme fatale. So one little line wouldn't cut it. I like this one, for some reason. :-)

sleepy

She. Didn't. Move. The entire ride. I hope she woke up in time to get off.....

Four faces

Today I started sketching people... I'd start on the head, and when he/she got blocked, I'd skip over to another person and go back and forth between the heads as I could see them (it was a busy morning and afternoon on the train). It was fun. I never got to the pen point, hence the bad photo, but... :-)

Vacation

 Yes, I took a vacation. But only for a few days. This sketch is from yesterday, the 11th. One thin marker and a real live model who was reading an article. It's a bit stiff in the presentation, but still rather nice all around, I think.

And today, I added in a thicker marker also. Happy? Yes, for the most part. Still a bit stiff, but  not too bad. Maybe the lack of the train took away some of the movement, but either way...:-)

Three heads and a power outtage.

Today I did without my thicker marker pen. I just kept wanting to sketch heads. I also did without power for an hour or so. So I baked cookies. Hence the late posting. :-D

knitter

This lady was an excellent study today. She was sitting there knitting....not moving...

Day three...

In my new sketchbook, and so far not so bad... :-D I've managed to get a couple of people a day in, sketchwise, with some different faces. Or I'm getting better at sketching out the random train riders, because it's starting to feel like I'm not sketching the same random person over and over...

A bit o art

I may well sketch something else today, but frankly, I'm a bit beat. I DID work on this today, though. Whether or not it's done... well, I sprayed fixative on it and I'll probably come back later and get a better gander at it to see if there's anything to be done to it. We shall see we shall see. :-)

Zoe

One of the cutest (if not THE cutest) babies I have ever seen... she looks like she's always in the middle of being tickled  and is laughing about it. I want that hat. :-D

Wild hair...

Well... it WAS wild hair. And totally fun to scribble...I mean draw. :) Two victims tonight, both totally engrossed in somethingoranother, so they were pretty still. Mr. Man DID keep getting his face blocked by some lady with a book. :-D

another twofer

Today's trip home... a brand new sketchbook, a relatively empty train car, a semi grumpy man, and one that was totally oblivious of my intent... :-D

End of the book....

The very last page. Well, it's actually the back of the book, the inside cover. Tomorrow I shall get a new book and begin again....