I’m pondering the intersection of photography and drawing.
Today I printed a photo from yesterday and drew over it to get a feel of things… Perspective… Crosshatching… Ink on paper… bleed.
I feel like this is akin to paint by numbers — training wheels for the hand and mind.
It was so zen, honoring the subject and flow of lines.

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The subject? Grace on New Year’s Day at the studio.
We caught up on life, work, liesure and the stories that resonated with us since our last hang.
Topics included frustration, joy, podcasts (Shell Game, Land of the Giants, The Retrievals), Reddit, London sights (Guildhall Library, Duck & Waffle, billboards in Cleveland, movies, soundtracks, citizenship, grocery stores, snacks, Swarm check-ins and how airlines pick movies for your flights (NY Times link).
Today’s soundtrack thanks to anh’s recap of 2024