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John & I off to lunch to celebrate his birthday this week. Mr. Fox has graced the planet with his presence and sense of humor for 50 years. You should start receiving your AARP literature any second now sir. Drawn in a Rhodia sketchbook witn Pitt Artist Pens.

Tahera Ahmad gives a talk on Islamophoboia presented by the Middle East and North African Studies of Northwestern Univ. at the Evanston Public Library. Same materials as the above drawing.

Dran during the Chicago chapter of the Urban Sketchers monthly outing. Captured at Architectural Artifacts. Pitt Artist Pens, fountain pen, in Molskine landscape format watercolor sketchbook.

 

After 17 years of living in Chicago, I finally sketched the Alcala’s Western Wear life size sign on Chicago Ave just west of Ashland. The weather was a bit cool but, I stood against a building in full sun so Between the warmth of the sun and the bricks that were radiating a little heat I wasn’t uncomfortable. You can note the neon tubes that trace the sculpture’s form. Pitt Pens in a Rhodia sketchbook.

For those of you feeling the creep of Spring Fever, what could be a better tonic than joining me in beautiful Mt. Vernon in Washington state for a 3 day sketching boot camp! April 21-23. No holds barred, I’m giving up all the tricks in the bag. Drawing while out and about, on the run as it were. Interested folks should look into the workshop at the Dakota Art Supply Workshops. In the words of the immortal Rocky Balboa, “Go ferrit”.

Above drawing beneath Chicago’s CTA Loop as the crowd to see Bernie Sanders speak at Roosevelt Univ swells.

  

Quite the jacket.