Signs from the Women’s March in San Diego
I spent the afternoon reworking my sketch from yesterday. Although I liked the chaotic energy of yesterday’s sketch, I also wanted to make it more of a cohesive story. In this redone sketch I have groups of figures standing together. The raised arms have a common rhythm and I think this helps to suggest unity. To convey the enormous number of people marching together, I put in groups of marks in the far background that could be waves of people. And I used even brighter colors to show the passion that caused more than 2.5 million people throughout our world to show up and make a statement.
This is a gouache and gel pen sketch on black Bristol paper. I used Snapseed and Procreate as well.
Deliberate Sketching 
You captured it all in one picture. Have you thought about making prints and offering them for sale? This was one of my best experiences in a lifeline of great experiences. Thanks
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It was great marching with you Bev!
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This is a really great picture and reminds me of some of the professional promotional artwork I’ve seen around the march. I second the notion of making prints 🙂
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Thank you Tara, I will look into it!
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I love it! You also had the “they tried to bury us, but they didn’t realize we are seeds.” That was one of my favorites in New York, too.
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Thank you! There were so many awesome signs!
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I know- my phone battery died, while I was trying to get pictures of them all!
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I made a postcard based on this sketch, featuring this quote in part because of your comment. I am going to send it to my reps in congress and to the people I believe need to hear our message. It is posted in today’s blog.
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