I really like sketching the back sides of buildings with their fire exits and random wires and cables. While I was quickly sketching this image, I saw a guy walking around on the roof of the State Bank and Trust building. I see you up there!
My coworker Elliott found a dead fly yesterday at work and I said I wanted to sketch him. Elliott suggested that I draw him at life-size, so I did. Twice. One of these three is the real dead fly and, if you can't figure out which one, you should get your eyes checked.
After drawing the crazy dead guy, I turned my sketching efforts to this war memorial in Island Park. It's a metal statue of a soldier atop a massive granite base. I really like old statues in parks and I often feel like they get forgotten. Maybe sometime I'll draw the front of this one! The soldier turned out really well, I think. I like the shadows.
Not a particularily good sketch, but a funny story. This guy was sunbathing in the park, face down in the grass. No blanket, no towel, just a pasty bald guy lying in the middle of the park. It looked like a CSI situation. He eventually moved.
