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KenKen
KenKen is the type of puzzle that keeps you up late at night trying your best to make digits fit nicely onto a grid. It is addictively relaxing. I drew 6 versions of this trying to convey the relaxed nature of an interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged Exaggeration, White space
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Watching the dancers
This is a revision of a sketch from a wedding last week. The original sketch did not tell a story, which is one of my goals for this blog, so I made a few changes. While the bride and groom were … Continue reading
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Tagged Exaggeration, Splashes of Paint
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Individual downtime
In every reunion there comes a time to check on families, work and news, and to get a little down time. My sisters were doing just this, on their devices, holding still and behaving like excellent models, which gave me … Continue reading
Reconnecting
Reunions mean catching up on all the news in a deep and sincere way by people who care about each other. Improving my skill at telling a story through image is my major goal for this blog and I kept … Continue reading
This can’t be the optimal control of the quantum oscillator, can it?
This is the fourth day I listened on the sideline as two scientists pursued an elusive relationship among their equations. Many of my sketches are about the visual beauty of people learning and thinking together. This sketch is about the labor … Continue reading
The wedding party
We attended an amazing wedding today that started at a Buddhist temple and ended with a garden luncheon. I was charmed by the three smallest members of the wedding party and pulled out my sketchbook to see if I could … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged In- the- moment, Nonverbal Communication
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Elbow to elbow, knee to knee
Even though this is an in-the-moment sketch of a Friday evening get together, I did interpret and tell a story through the emphasis I put on two figures who had different points of view. I was intrigued with the elbows on the table, the proximity of their knees … Continue reading
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