The Day Before Thanksgiving

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Austin Places

Yesterday it was 100+ degrees but I really wanted to draw outside. I guess I miss New Hampshire and I know my lazy days of summer vacation are coming to a sad end. So I sat in the covered roof-top cafe at Central Market and looked down at the deck and playground area. The playground is a bearable place for kids to play outside this time of year because of the huge beautiful Live Oaks shading it. The other drawing is the inside of a coffee shop called Ruta Maya. I actually sketched it back in March during an open-mike event that Peter played at, but just recently added color.

Brookline and Arlington

After our fabulous
stay in New Hampshire, we went to urban Boston for a couple of days. I had a couple of opportunities to sketch: the plants in my sister-in-law's massage studio while she entertained Eamonn, and a house in Arlington. We had been walking around all day and ended up walking a mile or two on the Minuteman Trail and I was so tired that as soon as we got to our favorite park in Arlington I sat down and started drawing a house across the street. Eamonn found a tall tree stump to climb into and enjoy himself.

On Island Pond

I just got back from a wonderful trip to New Hampshire and to Boston. In New Hampshire we stayed at a house on Island Pond, which is really a lake with islands in it. It was so beautiful and so relaxing that I did a bunch of sketches. It was a great opportunity to practice some landscapes.

Two more chairs

One is my back porch. the pen sprang a leak but I guess that's ok.

Two Chairs

If I lined up all of my chair drawings and paintings, would they reach the moon?

Fancy Jacket

It's been a while, but today Eamonn and I sat down and did some painting together. He did five paintings in the time it took me to do this. Even then, I went back and added to it after he went to bed. We went to a home-made art show at a friend's last weekend and bought a little portrait he did, so I guess I am inspired by that. Also, have been looking at a Maira Kalman book with lots of funny portraits. Very dramatic people she painted from photographs.