Monthly Archives: August 2010

Early Riser at FlightPath Coffee

August 20, 2010 – 7:39 am

I arrived early at FlightPath. This man came in a few minutes afterwards. I was trying to be really discreet, and not get caught painting him, but I’m fairly certain that he knew. It’s always best to have a buffer zone of other customers to offer distractions. Since I have taken yellow off my palette […]

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He Was at FlightPath Coffee This Morning

August 4, 2010 – 2:32 pm

I rarely go out painting at early breakfast hours, because there just aren’t a lot of early birds in the summer for me to paint. This morning, I just felt like going out early. It seemed like a good day for FlightPath. When I arrived, there was only one other customer in the back half […]

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Another Sketch from Spider House

August 2, 2010 – 7:45 am

Here is another sketch from my sketchbook, that I did of the punk rocker at SpiderHouse. I’m planning on going out this week for some “live” painting, so stay tuned. Also, I will let folks know where I’ll be on Twitter. You can follow the tweets either here at my blog, or on Twitter. See […]

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