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More jury duty sketches, a lotttttttt of waiting around

If you couldn’t tell by now, I had a lot of downtime at jury duty.

A small gift for our new friends in Alaska. I don’t usually like to draw from photos but I can’t count on my memory to recount the beauty of it all

Here are some drawings from Alaska. Ships and landscapes

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I drew these people at bar during happy hour. Great place to draw but it takes some patience to find the right people

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It’s always easy to draw someone when they’re not staring directly at you. The pressure is off when there’s no shot of making awkward eye contact.

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Some days the faces come easy and some I fight to get on the page. The element of surprise is what I love most about making these drawings.

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This is a nice mix of portraits. There’s one from the train, on the bus, at the park, and of course at the coffeeshop.

Drawing in ink means every wrong line just stays there, so at some point I stopped fighting it. A few stray lines here and there makes the drawing feel more alive.

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All these portraits were drawn down at the Jersey shore. Do you notice anything different about them?

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Passing the 100 portrait milestone! I know there’s still a long way to go, but there’s something special about that 100 number. Thank you all for following me on this journey!

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Reminiscing on my day at the park in Amsterdam. So many wonderful people to draw, so lush and so so many bikes

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These portraits were mostly drawn in transit. You could tell because everyone is looking down at their phones. The perfect situation for me really

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Slowly making my way through the Parisian phase of this sketchbook. I could spend all day drawing at the cafes

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I’m noticing the pages where everything clicked and the ones where I was just chasing it. The faces that landed are the ones I didn’t second-guess.

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Drawing with a pen is a double-edged sword for me. On one hand, it pushes me to be extra observant, but once the marks are made, I have no choice but to move forward and adapt.

I had a great time sketching everyone enjoying music in the garden at the Norton Simon Museum. It was a lovely golden hour!

Getting easier to look back at these without cringing. That might be the truest sign of progress.

I'm starting to recognize which ones I was nervous to draw and which ones I wasn't.

Most, if not all, of these people were drawn at cafes in Paris. I have not experienced cafe culture quite like this before nor have I since.