That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 3
The Sunday after Thanksgiving we were back in Pittsburgh, in a crepes shop in Shadyside.
That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
That is my sister in the foreground, failing to look serious for the drawing.
Then it was time to fly back to Iowa.
With a four-hour layover in Detroit.
November 28, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 2
For Thanksgiving day we drove up to western New York to spend it with my mother's family. Thursday was a mix of food, football, family, and episodes of The Walking Dead. Friday we all drove out to an Irish restaurant for a fish fry.
November 26, 2010
November 26, 2010
Thanksgiving, part 1
A few days before I fly out to Pittsburgh to spend Thanksgiving week with my family, we were pulled out of a meeting at work so they could tell us the company was closing down and congratulations, we're all fired! I spent the next few days wandering my apartment thinking "The last time I watered this plant, I HAD A JOB", "When I bought this spaghetti, I STILL HAD A JOB" so it was a nice change of pace to go home for a while.
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we ate brunch at Lidia's in the Strip District, which is a multi-course affair that includes baked goods, an antipasto buffet, a daily selection of pastas, and a dessert buffet.
There is also a bridge outside with globe decorations on its post that make it look like it's staring at you.
The Strip District has a lot of interesting shops in it. You can weave your way on the tiny sidewalks past the Steelers merchandise tables (with the blaring HERE WE GO music and the signs that say YINZERS PAY HERE) to get to all kinds of ethnic markets and food stores.
And I have to say, nothing really cheers you up like you and your sister (quietly) bursting into song to the bemusement of the cashier in the middle of a spice store.
November 21, 2010
On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we ate brunch at Lidia's in the Strip District, which is a multi-course affair that includes baked goods, an antipasto buffet, a daily selection of pastas, and a dessert buffet.
There is also a bridge outside with globe decorations on its post that make it look like it's staring at you.
The Strip District has a lot of interesting shops in it. You can weave your way on the tiny sidewalks past the Steelers merchandise tables (with the blaring HERE WE GO music and the signs that say YINZERS PAY HERE) to get to all kinds of ethnic markets and food stores.
And I have to say, nothing really cheers you up like you and your sister (quietly) bursting into song to the bemusement of the cashier in the middle of a spice store.
November 21, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Clinton St
I camped out on the steps of one of the University of Iowa buildings to draw this.
It can be hard to tell how long to work on these larger drawings, but today when I was contemplating how much detail I should add some guy wandered into the bushes next to me and started throwing up, which I took as a sign that I'd been working on it for long enough.
November 7, 2010
It can be hard to tell how long to work on these larger drawings, but today when I was contemplating how much detail I should add some guy wandered into the bushes next to me and started throwing up, which I took as a sign that I'd been working on it for long enough.
November 7, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Iowa River
Today I went for a walk by the river and stopped to sketch one of the less impressive bridges.
You can just barely see the bridge everyone actually uses and some University of Iowa buildings behind it. The graffiti on it reads "YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU OWN" and "CEYN", along with some other words that were too small or too corroded to read. Other pieces of graffiti I've seen around town have read "IF YOU LOVE HER THEN TELL HER" and "SO WHAT?"
October 31, 2010
You can just barely see the bridge everyone actually uses and some University of Iowa buildings behind it. The graffiti on it reads "YOU ARE NOT WHAT YOU OWN" and "CEYN", along with some other words that were too small or too corroded to read. Other pieces of graffiti I've seen around town have read "IF YOU LOVE HER THEN TELL HER" and "SO WHAT?"
October 31, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Library
Hung out at the Iowa City Public Library this weekend because I am a nerd and don't like football.
It's always so quiet there, which... I know, library, but it's still kind of disconcerting. Sometimes a patron will fall asleep and start snoring loudly which is reassuring.
October 24, 2010
It's always so quiet there, which... I know, library, but it's still kind of disconcerting. Sometimes a patron will fall asleep and start snoring loudly which is reassuring.
October 24, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
I'm going to get really sick of titling these "Java House"
As winter sets in the number of outdoor events goes way down and the Java House starts doing their live music nights again.
Of course, some people prefer their own.
October 8, 2010
Of course, some people prefer their own.
October 8, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Java House, some more
School is in full swing now, all the kids are busy studying.
September 22, 2010
September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Summer party!
... on the coldest, rainiest day of summer. We have good planning skills.
Most people stayed in the pavilion out of the rain.
I drew a couple of dogs tethered to the side of the pavilion while my coworkers discussed the benefits of coming to work naked in protest over our broken air conditioning. Good times.
August 17, 2010
Most people stayed in the pavilion out of the rain.
I drew a couple of dogs tethered to the side of the pavilion while my coworkers discussed the benefits of coming to work naked in protest over our broken air conditioning. Good times.
August 17, 2010
Friday Night Concert Series
More bands and audiences and people standing in front of me when I'm trying to draw the stage
July 30, 2010
St Mary's Cathedral
I guess this wasn't a very good angle to draw from, as the trees kept getting in the way, but that's where the bench was, so I went with it. I wound up cutting off the top of the steeple because I misjudged how high it was when I started drawing, so you'll just have to imagine it until I go back to draw the rest of it and photoshop it back in. Then I'll edit out this description and pretend it never happened.
July 18, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
More Jazz Festival
It was wet on Sunday, we were dodging bursts of rain all day.
It cleared up just long enough for the fireworks, though. Everyone here is gathered at the only hill in Iowa waiting for them to start.
I was sitting by a family with a couple of kids who were waving sparklers around and trying to set the nearby trees on fire with them. When that didn't work they decided to turn me into a frog.
July 4, 2010
It cleared up just long enough for the fireworks, though. Everyone here is gathered at the only hill in Iowa waiting for them to start.
I was sitting by a family with a couple of kids who were waving sparklers around and trying to set the nearby trees on fire with them. When that didn't work they decided to turn me into a frog.
July 4, 2010
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Iowa City Jazz Festival
Sun was very hot today. Everyone's camped out in the patches of shade on the UI Pentacrest to listen to the music.
Oh god I'm so sunburned right now.
July 3, 2010
Oh god I'm so sunburned right now.
July 3, 2010
Street Piano
Northampton thinks it's special because it has a street saxophone player? Well, we have a guy with a whole damn piano out on our sidewalks!
Or that was just a promotion for the store behind him. Whatever, my version sounds better.
July 3, 2010
Or that was just a promotion for the store behind him. Whatever, my version sounds better.
July 3, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Iowa City First United Methodist Church
There's several churches in this area - this isn't even the only one on its block - but this one is the fanciest with some very pretty stained glass windows.
June 26, 2010
Iowa City Arts Festival
I went out to get groceries one day and suddenly there was an arts festival!
Bongos!
Dinosaurs!
Tuba!
June 6, 2010
Bongos!
Dinosaurs!
Tuba!
June 6, 2010
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