Metro Sketches December 2012

Riding the metro with my sketchbok allows for sharpening my hand-eye coordination thru very rapid sketches and being forced to capture what is immediately compeling about the person. At each metro stop new models board the train. I have roughly 1-2 minutes to react and draw each person,  The results are of course very spontaneous and sometimes wonderfully expressive. 

Connected with Grandpa

The colored pencil drawing on the left was rendered by my Grandfather Aaron over 50 years ago. I was the subject of the drawing, and it is the only drawing produced by him that I own.

I thought a companion piece was called for and so I did the pencil drawing on the right of my grandson, Noah at age of 2.

How wonderful it is to be connected with both my grandfather and grandson in this special way