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| Gentleman in Starbucks 6x9 pen &ink |
Although it is a little weird to go sketching at a coffee shop it is even more difficult to sketch somebody sitting there doing their own thing. As an artist I get one of two vibes... either folks ignore me and I just feel like a voyeur or they notice me and the tension thickens like dry ice. I've had folks get up and walk off when they realized I was drawing them and I always feel bad about that. The key is not to let them believe that I am observing them, which actually I am not so much as observing abstract shapes... and hope they don't move before I get something worthy. Since I was less than 6 foot away from this stranger I'm thinking he knew what I was doing and just went with it in appreciation of the local artist sketching the urban scene.
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