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A quiet night at Barnes and Noble

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Our swamp cooler is busted.  For those who aren't familiar, a swamp cooler is a common energy-efficient alternative to a/c in dry areas like Colorado that don't experience heat extremes like Texas or Arizona.  For two a/c-dependent Texans (Linda and me), it's a pretty weak alternative.  Only now it doesn't even work, leaving us to appreciate the little it did do once upon a time.  So, we got out of the house Thursday night to find some climate-controlled digs and ended up at the Barnes and Noble about an hour before closing.  This is the sketch I did while Linda looked for art magazines. Then we got shakes at Sonic.  The end.

Sketching in the heat

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On a 90+ degree day, after walking around over a mile through downtown Denver looking for a place to sketch, I decided (wisely) to go indoors and get an iced coffee.  And whaddya know, there was this view.

Funnin' with perspective

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And one non-participant. First, the stick in the mud: East high School. Now for the hi-jinx: Press Coffee Co, Lakewood: Inside the Tivoli Student Union, Metro State Campus, Denver:  

Lots more Stillman & Birn sketches

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At 1pm on Saturday I'll be doing a Sketchbook show & tell at Meininger Art Supplies with Michael Kalman from Stillman & Birn .  I'll be showing a lot of the work I've been doing in my Stillman & Birns these past few months, so if you're in the area you should come and check it out!  In case you haven't noticed, I think these are great sketchbooks- easily the nicest I've ever worked in.  I've even tried out some new materials.  Here's a few of the sketches I'll be showing.

New Figures

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Detail: And some three-hour oil (yes oil) sketches I've done recently at some long-pose sessions.