Tried something different this evening — wanted to see if I could do a bunch of different animals in a cohesive style. Â These are just basic characterizations, but it would be interesting to try some other animals or people as well and see how that would work.
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Another late night where I didn’t know what to draw. Â This was just a quick sketch based on a photo found online.
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It’s been a long time since I last played Pictionary.  So this evening, I decided to grab a card and see if I could draw all five things on it in one sketch.  So, for your viewing pleasure, here’s a 1) Ragged 2) Lawyer 3) Choking on a 4) Pop Tart while on a 5) Maiden Voyage.
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Portrait of the artist as a young man ready for some delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
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Had my grandmother in town for a visit, and we spent the day doing lots of grandma type things (botanical gardens, tea, etc.). Â As enjoyable as it was, at the end I felt like I needed to do something uniquely masculine to balance it all out. Â Unfortunately, there were no grizzly bears around that I could punch in the face, so I had to settle for sketching it.
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Saw a bunch of political pundits on TV this evening. Â Such a pointless charade. Â Anyway, this started out based on a photo of James Carville, but as you can see, I pretty much abandoned any effort to make it actually look like him. Â So now it’s just “generic angry bald guy.”
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We’re babysitting my niece and nephew this weekend, so today I took them to the park down the street.  A nice, relaxing morning.  I sat and sketched this while they were looking in the bushes for treasure.  As I finished, I discovered that my 4-year-old nephew had been working on a cocktail of sorts.  His found ingredients, combined in a discarded pudding cup: water, leaves, dirt, a small rock, some dried up olives, and a metal screw.  I resolved to be more attentive.
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Had absolutely no idea what to draw this evening.  I don’t even really know where this came from.  I think I just started drawing and that’s what I ended up with.  An earlier incarnation had a one weird robot eye, but that just seemed weird for the sake of being weird (and I covered that already).
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In the autumn a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of bouncing around like a giddy 6-year-old. Â And so was spent a portion of my afternoon. Â (With summer gone, today my cousin set up the trampoline in his backyard, in the spot where the inflatable pool had sat all summer. Â And there was much rejoicing. Â Including some by his kids.)
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I was out this evening for happy hour with my teacher wife and one of her teacher friends. Â Conversation, as it so often does, turned toward teacher-y things. Â Like a particular student’s difficulty grasping the three branches of the American government. Â That got me sketching in order to kill time.
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