Thayer St, Providence, Rhode Island, Feb 11, 2012

Big Blue Bug - Providence, Rhode Island

It's the biggest bug in the world. Cannot be missed by anyone arriving to Providence from the South via Interstate 95. The blue bug's face is flush with the highway, which is why it is not possible to draw it from the front. I had to stop along Public Street and sketch it from the back, in a hurry, since you are not supposed to park where I did. The Big Blue Bug is 9 ft tall, 58 ft long and weighs 4000 pounds. It sits atop the New England Pest control building. It is just a tad wee bigger than the bugs found in some places in Providence (just a tad).

Trucks at Stop and Shop Parking Lot, Brockton, MA Jan 31, 2012

I went to Stop and Shop to get something to eat today and while I ate in the car, I drew these donations trucks that were parked there.

Stop and Shop parking lot, Belmont Street, Brockton, MA, January 31, 2012.

Myopic Books at Wayland Square, Providence, RI- January 29, 2012

A view West from Prospect Park, Providence RI, January 29, 2012

My neighbor's garage

Made a sketch of my neighbor's yard while looking out of my kitchen window.

Chicken Curry at Miss Saigon

Had lunch at Miss Saigon in Amherst when I took Filipa back to school.

Objects at home

Amaryllis Growing

Lunch at Pho Horn's

Made a quick sketch while waiting for lunch at Pho Horn's yesterday. Ink, watercolor and color pencils

Van der Sloot

Man on airplane

Pipas Sleeping

 This is a business card drawing.

Man eating at airport in Hong Kong

Pipas on the airplane leaving for Hong Kong

Car at Jardim Sao Francisco- Macau

Liu Xiaobo

Morning Note

It's the right season and you are all friends so allow this bit of self-indulgence.

This morning Maya woke up and went into the bedroom where I sleep. Not one to just sit around doing nothing, but not wanting to make me get up, she announced that she was going to draw. But what? "What should I draw? I will draw the New Yorker logo."

Yeah! Good idea Maya.

After considering the issue, she delved into the task and produced an outline. I was still pondering the issue of whether to get up, so she announced that she was going to color it.

"Do you think I should color it?"

"Good idea, Maya."

Below is the result.

What next? I obviously I did not get it, so after a few moments of silence, she hands me the note below.

And that's how I got up this morning- with a purpose, courtesy of Maya.

Journal Entry

Two recent deaths warranted face to face entries in my journal. I pasted a picture of Christopher Hitchens, who died of cancer late Thursday night, and then decided to do a quick sketch instead. Today, when I heard that Cesaria Evora died, I decided to just do a two minute sketch straight out. They both made me think of Elsa. Hitchens because his public facing of cancer, reminded me of the same courage and fighting spirit Elsa displayed when engaging the same war; Cesaria because I remembered when Elsa interviewed her in Macau for TDM (Televisão De Macau).

Mayor Michael Bloomberg- New York City

9" x 12"
Ink, Micron Marker and Watercolor pencil on Strathmore 400 Series medium drawing paper.