I went to bed last night feeling that I wanted to scan and upload all my sketches from the last two weeks, but I only managed to put up 4 of them in Internet Week Drawings – plus a few more – part 1 and I could not get the rest up, too tired. Here they are:

I sketched a young musician on my way home one night recently, it was on the Subway, F line, was kinda surprised the musical instrument seemed to blend in with the backpack – spend about 20 minutes on it.

It was Friday night, not this week but the week before, and I went to pick up two new Sketchbooks at DaVinci Art Supply ( the sketchbooks I buy are called “hand.book journal co.” and are Acid Free – 128 pages each) – these are my favorite sketchpads and the only thing I buy now – I’d addicted to them and carry my black sketchbooks wherever I go).

Anyway, I had dinner at Markt on 21st street and was drawing the view outside, from a sidewalk table, and had tweeted about being at dinner and sketching – when in walks @fredrickGuarino to have a drink with me – which ended up taking about an hour and half more. I left Markt around 9PM and headed home, having left my credit card at the table and forgot about it – but the next day I realized what I had lost, called Markt up and they had my card, so I went back and picked it up.

Then I realized the symbolism of leaving the card probably had something to do with finally ending a friendship for someone who I often met at Markt – this had been going on for a while but it reached a resolution recently.

Meanwhile, I have been trying to avoid going to dark in these drawings, which I know I have a tendency to do.

And that last paragraph ties into my lunch at restaurant in Windsor Terrace last weekend and sketching the window view, from the inside.

I’ve become quite a fan of BAR TANO which is located near BAG and sketched the large indoor mirror yesterday along with two outside views from the sidewalk last week and a few weeks before. Here’s the large view I did yesterday – it’s on two pages and you have to click on it to see the enlarged view.

And here’s the rest of the drawings:

Another drawing on my way home one night, on the Subway, felt like drawing – needed to – but what was the subject – couldn’t find anything much so I drew my foot.

A similar drawing is the one below, which I drew someone who was asleep, but got up too soon (for my drawing, that is):

And then, the last drawing, for the purposes of this post, is below:

It has no title and no obvious subject – it’s just a feeling – a tough feeling – just wanted to express… not sure what – drawing from my emotions – while in transit – deciding where to stop and this is as good a place to both stop the drawing, and this post.

Last week I was at Blogger Social 08 that really was a mixed bag – some of it was great and yet sometimes, hanging out with so many bloggers made me feel a little self conscious – and last Saturday, I went over to the Metropolitan, late in the afternoon and sketched in the sculpture court these two drawings, which fulfilled a desire I’ve had for some time, to draw the sculptures there – I’ve had this desire for several years but just never got around to it.

And I poured my heart out into my drawings – and this is what I did:

I’ve been wanting to put this drawing up all week – in a way, my drawings are the most personal part of me – I put my entire soul into them and feels as if my life, for that moment, is being captured on paper. I try to carry my sketches where I can and when I have a time, draw.

I also did this drawing from a standing sculpture of Peruses, I think, it’s one with the head of a gorgon being held, but I’m not sure – I really don’t care about the names that much – that was for a bygone age – ours is much different.

People ask me why I don’t show my work more – or at all. Why should I? I could just place them on my blogs and get them seen by thousands of people within a short time which having to do anything much.

I did submit the last 3 self portraits to a group show to see if one of them will be accepted, but that means I’d have to frame them (they’re oil pastels, after all) and my work, is primarily for me – let’s get that clear. I priced them all very high – because I don’t really want to sell anything – but if I did, if someone really did want to buy them, I can’t price them so impossibly high that no one could afford them – so I put them in a couple thousand dollar range.

But, like I’ve said in this blog before – I really don’t think artists should try to sell anything – do it because you want to – if others really want it – they’ll approach you.

The purpose of Art is for Self Development, it’s not commercial.