We spent another Sunday afternoon at one of Portland’s umpteen coffee shops–we’ll never run out of new ones to try. Coffee shops are a great place to sketch people because they sit mesmerized in front of their laptops for hours and hardly even move except to take a sip of coffee. This young woman was on to me so I had to be very sneaky about drawing her. She finally whipped her head around and caught me looking right at her, then she got up and left. I guess not everyone likes being a subject!
This blog is about my journey as a botanical artist--what I am learning, what inspires me and what I am currently drawing or painting. My desire is to continually hone my skills to better express my wonder and gratitude for the beauty of the creation around me in the Pacific Northwest (USA).
I guess we will have to practice up on or sneaky skills like hiding behind a newspaper of tri fold brochure. :-}
Boy, some people are always in paranoia mode. Funny, you don’t LOOK like a stalker – LOL. I like Carrie’s suggestion above. Great sketch and I love the vertical format you chose.
This is my hobby – sneaking up on people in coffee shops. I usually try for strategic angles, or people so involved in conversation that they won’t notice. Been a long time since I’ve had a similar experience to yours, but once a mom said to her child, pointing at me – look at that man, he’s drawing! I was so spooked I couldn’t sketch in public for a week! (It might’ve been okay had the drawing been any good, but the drawing was horrendous and I was afraid she’d want to see it. 🙂 )
Anyway, I think this came out great! Love the composition.