Hung out with Jennymouse2003 in a department store in downtown Chicago before I had to head off to get my next generation booster shot.
Can you guess which department store in which building this sketch was made? There are 2 clues.
BTW, I think it was John Lenin who said,”The time you enjoy wasting, is not wasted time.”
Drawn with a Pitt Artist Pen Fude nib and a few Grey Pitt Artist Pens on a Clairefontaine Goldline sketchbook.
Went to The Music Box Sunday night with GBabe and two Italian friends to see L’Inferno 1911. The first Italian film three years in the making that was released in March 1911 and directed by Francesco Bertolini, Adolfo Padovan, and Giuseppe de Liguoro. The viewing at glamorous The Music Box Theater was set to a live musical performance with soundtrack by Maestro Stefano Maccagno who also played the keyboards and bassist Furio di Castri as part of the Chicago International Film Festival in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago. I grabbed a quick sketch of audience members before the lights went down and later ad libbed King Minos and Charon into the sketch. Jaw dropping in it’s visualization of the first canticle of Dante’s Divine Comedy, and so wonderful in the low tech pre CGI effects such as Lake Cocytus, the frozen lake of the ninth circle, where those who committed treachery against God are punished. (The lake itself was formed from the tears of Lucifer, and the flapping of his wings kept it frozen.)
A fantastic cinematic event, it will be performed again in the Chicago area. Don’t miss it!
The dialogue of the two begin,
Man in hat,”Madonna! Italiani dappertutto!”
Her, “Tra il pubblico?”
Him,”No! Tra I dannati!”
Again, catch this influential masterpiece.
fountain pen and Pitt Artist Pens on mulberry paper in handmade sketchbook
I went to court last Friday, August 19, to follow the R Kelly trial at the Everett Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Because of Covid restrictions they limited the number of spectators to 30. They also limited the number of courtroom artist to two. As in 2. WTF is that all bout? So, as I was number 33 in line I was directed to the overflow courtroom where video monitors were set up. The benches had blue painters tape ‘X’s on the benches to separate spectators. The monitors had split screen so the view of proceedings was further limited.
The video closed circuit of the proceedings was unlike the recent coverage of the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trials or the trial of George Floyd’s murder, in that those trials had close ups of the witness giving testimony. This video showed half of the entire courtroom and as such, you were pretty much unable to tell who was who, who was speaking, and without any facial expressions.
Therefore I choose to cover the journalists and spectators viewing the case.
min court, spectators are advised to refrain from commentary, which could include gasps. Some were removed according to a journalist I spoke with. In the overflow room, there were no court officials and hence, commentary would percolate up from time to time. In fact, as spectators were still filing in, before the judge and jurors filed in, two women behind me got into a slightly heated exchange over their differing opinions. One wisely chose to move to the other side of the room.
it seems it’s a first come basis as to who will get in to court and I have to file for press credentials to be able to draw in courtroom where the proceedings actually take place. Until that all falls in place, I’ll have to sketch in the overflow room.
Pitt Artist Pens and fountain pen on mulberry paper.
