Another day, another failure to think of anything to sketch. Â Once again, I’m rescued by Flickr’s random and ever-changing art exhibition: “Interesting photos from the last 7 days.” Â This is a simplified pen sketch inspired by this photo from Flickr user Peter French.
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Just recently bought a very cool compendium Randolph Caldecott’s picture books.  It’s full of amazing illustrations, one of which I have shabbily counterfeited here.
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A beautiful day with wife and family, largely spent overlooking the Rhine and eating amazing food. Â And, of course, sketching.
I could do this every day.  In fact, it’s my wife’s new business model.  We move somewhere scenic like this, and I sell little sketches for €10 a piece.  Of course, this would require two key things:
a) the ability to draw fast enough to turn a profit; and
b) a continual supply of easily impressed tourists.
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Went to the top of the highest mountain in Germany today. Â While descending on a rickety old cable car, of course I couldn’t help but think of Richard Burton’s epic ride. Â Thankfully mine didn’t include gruesome ice-axe injuries, or explosions and general death. Â Thanks for not trying to kill me, fellow riders!
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Had an evening of live music from Austrian multi-instrumentalist and extended-family-friend Tony. Â I scribbled this out while sitting next to “Mrs. Tony” and enjoying the show. Â She seemed to get a kick out of it.
Here, Tony uses the universal language of song to tell of his experiences “working for the man every night and day.”
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My wife and I have a friend who loves castles — particularly Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.  Today, we had reason to give her a card, but we didn’t have many on hand.  Then I struck upon the idea of sketching this on a piece of paper and folding it into a card.  Thankfully it was a hit!
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Another wedding weekend — this time featuring my wife’s cousin. Â Here, the bride and groom share the dance floor with family members young and old. Â Another very simple sketch, but still a nice memento. Â Congratulations, Tom & Steph!
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Tried something new this evening: drawing with a single, continuous pen line. Â Interesting effect — and I think it kinda works here (but mainly because the subject is a pretty forgiving organic shape).
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Tonight I learned that it’s no easy feat to draw people who are in the middle of dancing. Â You pretty much have to freeze a pose in your mind and quickly scribble it out before it disappears. Â That kind of explains why these look like they do. Â Still though, it’s nice to have another memento sketch — this time of a lovely bride and some of her well-wishers. Â Congrats, Pete and Jen!
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