Sketching not Posting

OK, I have been a little derelict in updating this blog. Here finally is the new stuff!!!

I'm at a funeral and sketching the back of people's heads. I was attentive, but I needed to do something instead of crying.

I did this quick sketch (of trees) during my lunch break. (sigh!)

Sorry for all the mess, but I was trying to sketch while on a BART train to San Francisco (10/2/11). What a challenge, I had to work fast before my models reach their destinations.

visiting Monterey Market

I joined the sketching group at the Monterey Market last night (August 16). I only managed to do two sketches because we only had about 30 minutes to sketch. The market closed at 7 p.m. The market is in north Berkeley -- a part of Berkeley I'm starting to see more of thanks to being part of this group.

I am eating!

I had a serious appetite problem a few months back -- I barely ate and it showed. So gradually I've been hard at work finding food I like to eat and then eating it. (I often can't finish a meal on the spot, so that's why God created take-out boxes.) :) I did enjoy this breakfast at Oakland's Rolling Dunes restaurant last Friday (July 15) with friends, Anne and Carol. There was enough left for the next morning! YUM!!!

dancing in the streets

On July 10 I attended the Temescal Street Fair in Oakland's Temescal District and tried my hand at illustrating the event. An awesome group was on stage belting out soul music and at the risk of hearing loss I managed to put what I saw on paper.

still sketching

Although I haven't updated this blog recently, I am still sketching. A few of my sketches were not post-able, but I found a few that I can live with. Earlier this month I was at Jack London Square in Oakland and decided to sketch Jack's own cabin

at the pub

In late April my sketch group went to The Pub in Berkeley. This was an interesting place, the people, the furnishings, the atmosphere. I wasn't in the mood for a beer, I had so much to draw and so little time. These folks sat talking to one another this evening so I managed to sketch this scene.