On the Train

Wouldn't you be nervous if you were riding on the train, minding your own business, and some guy in a Mobil shirt kept staring at you and scrawling something in his book?


I think I made this guy a little uneasy. But he was cool. He sat there with the light streaming in through the window. I drew in a rough outline and then used the watercolor set to establish the big shapes.


He put on his sunglasses. I used my water-soluble colored pencils to draw his tattoos.

I broke the ice when I showed him the sketch. He loved it. Then he showed the amazing tattoos on his arms, which honor his mom and dad. I showed him some of my farm sketches.

It turns out that he is a farmer. I asked him what kinds of animals he's got. "You name 'em, I've got 'em."  By the end of the train ride, he gave me his card, and invited me to come over and sketch his peacocks and emus.