Meetin' and Creepin'

The first few days of school are chock full of meetings and more meetings. I cannot sit there and pay attention without doing something. Doodling got me through HS Chemistry and sketching during my meetings gets me though my adult life. 

[Uni Pin pens, D+S watercolors in a S+B Epsilon Series sketchbook]

New Toy

Recently I obtained a "Pilot Hi-Tec Coleto" which can hold 5 different ink refills. Thanks to Jetpens.com I got a few other goodies because I just had to have free shipping. 

[PILOT Coleto 5-ink pen, a gigantic PITT white marker in a gray toned Strathmore sketchbook]

playing catch-up

Below are a random assortment of some one-off sketches from the past week. 

From top to bottom:
-A pile of creamers while I ate a lonely breakfast at the local diner's counter
-My favorite local haunt and their interesting customers. This one was difficult because the lights were soooooo low that I couldn't see what I was drawing. Sort of like a forced blind contour drawing! 
-same place, same night
-nobody is safe! especially at staff meetings! 
-one of my favorite USK artists did a cool sketch/collage at an antique shop and I wanted to give it a try! Of course his is a lot cooler, but I dig the idea. 

[copic .25 pen, white gel pen, PITT warm gray markers in a strathmore toned sketchbook]

[pilot falcon, w/noodler's black eel ink, watercolor in a S+B gamma series sketchbook]

professional development

While waiting for my professional development to start I sipped on my over-roasted coffee and sketched some teachers chatting. I made them as blind-contour drawings (thus the weird look on the woman on the left), but took more time with the beautiful birch trees that seemed to be peaking into every window. There is a very big difference between private school campuses and public! 

creepin' at a staff meeting

with veteran's day falling on a tuesday, we had a superintendent's day on monday. so the day was filled with training and meetings. in order for me to concentrate i have to be doing something while the meeting is happening. for example: doodling through high school chemistry got me a 94 on the regent's exam (boo-ya).