In the Zone

I hope these little sketches are not overwhelming your mailboxes. I will be done with them soon and back to the serious stuff.
This woman was so engrossed in her book, she sat for a long while, the gent in the back was writing a letter I think.

The Reader

I did two of this lady reading, she will be in a later post as well, still in my camera. This one is more serious, the other... not so much.
Wait and see.

The Floral Jacket

Loved the floral tropical attire, she was loaded with books, looked like she was writing a thesis.

Beauty Sleep

There was a loud noise in the library one morning while at sea. There he was, this older gent, mouth wide open, completely out to it. Having fun was way too much for him. Tee hee.

The Lady in the Red Glasses

She was one of the first poses I did, and it was very quick as you might tell. I liked her red glasses and her 'full' figure.

The Lady With the Long White Hair

She sat for a long time engrossed in her book, her hair was lovely to draw, pulled back and clipped in place.

Ketchikan

I sat in the lounge on the ship and sketched this one of the town of Ketchikan while waiting for the okay for the passengers to go onshore. It was a very quaint little town, lots of tourist stores of course, but some charming places to sketch for the artist.

The English Lesson

This older gentleman was giving his grandson an English lesson in the library on the ship, he seemed to be so patient and loving.

The Card Player

This was the first onboard sketch I did, not my best, had to get warmed up. This guy was playing poker with his wife, he had a handlebar moustache and a definite hunch in his posture.

Lady With the Red and White Sneakers

Another very relaxed passenger, the shoes caught my eye to begin with, but I ran out of space in the sketch, she also moved away very quickly, so I had to get the pose asap.. In looking back at the sneaky photos I took of these folk as back up, I caught this likeness pretty well, just goes to show, the more we test ourselves with onsight sketching, the better we become.

Lady in the Casino Bar

Now I am not kidding, this really was the back view of this lady, although as I recall she had dreadlocks. I memorized this image, when walking through the casino, she caught my eye, loved the buttocks. I suppose you could say she is made up, but she is pretty close to the real deal, I promise.

The Lady in the Polkadot Pants

Loved her posture, and the pants, had to sketch her, it was quick though, she got up after 10 minutes so I had to recall a lot.

Sue the little Aussie 4' x 4'

This little character was getting 3 sheets to the wind at the bar one night. I happened to be sitting with friends at a table and heard this woman's accent, she was a fellow Aussie.(Very broad accent, and even I had a time making her words out) She was as wide as she was tall, hence the 4' x 4' title. Sue (her name) was a barrel of laughs, we found her captivating with her humor. My American pals could not get over the tales she told. Sue never did know I sketched her though. As she got up to leave, the ship was swaying a little, Sue toddled from side to side trying to get into the rhythm of our vessel (have you got a mental picture on this?) as she made her way to her dining room, hope she got there.

Bathing Beauties

This was a recalled memory while sitting near the pool. I have never seen so many gluttonous people in bathing suits, mostly they were stuffing their mouths with food, so the tummies got bigger and bigger. These three ladies were not eating, but they sure looked a picture in my mind, and I went back to the library to draw them from memory. These little sketches are all 5" x 7".

Where's the Dictionary

I wanted to capture this young couple doing crosswords together, the way his feet sprawled out around the table leg fascinated me.

Reading Man

His stomach was what I liked the best in this pose, I think I embellished it a little too, he would not be happy to see what i did to his body, oh well, that's an artist's prerogative is it not?

Little Asian Lady

This little lady was all rugged up while watching the glaciers glide by.
She made for an interesting subject.

Joann

Not a good photo of this sketch, will do another later. Joann waa delightful, always jolly, Dutchman, who was also at out dining table.I never saw him without a smile on his face, and in this, he actually sat for me while we were cruising Glacier Bay.
The white hair was fantastic, and very much Joann.

Jerry

We met Jerry on the second night at our dining table, he was Irish and now lived in San Francisco. I later heard he was a priest, good thing I did not swear around him huh.

Out For The Count

Hello again.. Some of you might not have realized that I have been on cruise to Alaska for the last two weeks. I spent everyday sketching in some form or other, as well as taking a lot of photos. These sketches are done very quickly in pencil first (mostly less than 10 minutes) , just to get the positions and posture of the people concerned, then I embellished them(backgrounds etc) with watercolor pencils and black ink.
This couple was resting in the library area where I sketched most days. he looks like we all felt after the trip, totally exhausted.