Draw, Draw, it will do you a world of good.

33 Acres

33 Acres is a great micro-brewery in Vancouver BC Canada. Our USk group met here, sat at long tables, drank beer and drew ever increasingly wondrous drawings of each other.

View from Point Roberts

Confection

Timothys

On Roncesvalles, Toronto, Canada

Luv Timothys Cafe

Mitzi's

Had a great lunch at Mitzi's on Sorauren Ave in Toronto Ontario Canada

Cluny Bistro & Boulangerie

In the Distillery district in Toronto. The old Gooderham & Worts distillery, a huge complex of old brick buildings, once one of the largest distilleries anywhere. Now shops. galleries, restaurants, coffee shops etc.I bought a few bottles of their Canadian Rye Whiskey myself.

Timothys on Roncesvalles, Toronto

Found this great coffee shop, big comfy chairs, lots of space, quiet, lots of old guys, good coffee, a great place to draw.

A lovely fall day in Toronto

Ink w/c Toronto Ontario Canada

A quick look across the street

On Saunders Ave in Toronto near Queen St West and Roncesvalles. Roncesvalles is called Roncy which for some reason tickles my fancy.

The Ace on Roncy

November

Post-it Portraits

Except I didn't have post-its so I drew squares. At Granville Island, Vancouver BC, with Vancouver Urban Sketchers.

The Urban Sketching Handbook

The Urban Sketching Handbook

This was delivered today. Great contents, full of wonderful drawings and drawing advice, and great size, easy to hold and easy to carry in your bag. You can get it on Amazon. Congrats Gabi.

Everyone in the library looks down.

Coffee Shop

ink. I am doing the Melanie Reim lesson in Danny Gregorys Sketchbook Skool. Worth the price of admission just to see these people draw and hear them discuss drawing.

Centennial Park Playground

Tsawwassen Delta BC Canada, ink, w/c

Never Fear the People

Thanks Suhita Shirodkar for posting your workshop notes.

Petras Coffee

Drawing

Boundary Bay, Delta, BC, Canada

The view on my daily walk along the dyke.

Cafe

ink w/c

James Hobbs "Sketch Your World"

Very popular in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. If you like drawing you will love this. This is the North America cover.

Roosters

Great models, they love to strut their stuff!

Tsawwassen Condo

Resting

Cafe

Delta BC Canada

at the Cafe

Ink

Tsawwassen Condos

on 56th st in Tsawwassen, Delta, BC Canada

Ladner BC Canada

Drawing in the library

Deltaport

Container and bulk coal terminal, Delta BC Canada

Ladner Harbour

Ladner, Delta, BC Canada

View from Point Roberts

Faces

ink w/c

Dr Sketchy

Aug 1/14

A great 78th bd party

To all my art friends everywhere, I enjoy all your art and your friendship every day, you keep me young at heart. Thanks a ton!

July 30/14

Patio Planter

Realistic Abstracts

An exercise from Kees Van Aalst book "Realistic Abstracts". Thanks again Dave.

Abstract, somewhat.

My fellow Vancouver Urban Sketcher Dave Huggard told me about a book by Kees Van Aalst, "Realistic Abstracts". I love the art in it. More fun. Thanks Dave.

Power Pole

There are people at B C Hydro who would actually recognize this.

The View

Faces

From our patio

Jazz

The Vancouver International Jazz festival. One of the venues is in the huge, old Canadian Pacific Railway Roundhouse in Yaletown, Vancouver BC Canada.. Dark, big wood beams overhead, cool.