Today was the day of the 25th Worldwide Sketchcrawl – in fact it was also the fifth anniversary of the first one. I was pretty busy today, getting my hair cut and other important stuff, so wasn’t able to really take part, but I brought my sketching stuff with me (as always) downtown and managed to knock out a couple (by that I mean, draw two pictures, not actually knock out some poor unsuspecting couple). The second one was done while having a beer and some garlic fries (some! it was a mountain, I barely ate half). The fries made me feel sick, but they were tasty. I haven’t added colour to that one yet so you’ll not see it here just yet. I didn’t manage to meet with the main Davis sketchcrawl (I forgot to check the forum before I left). It was cold today, cold and bright. My micron pens were feeling it. I managed to draw this one (very typical pete, tree coming out of the top of the frame) in a quiet courtyard on C street, behind the Davis Community Church and away from the throng of the Davis Farmer’s Market. What a wimp, I thought to myself. How can I be cold? People all over the world are sketching in colder and probably wetter places than me. But I made sure my next sketch was indoors. Am I becoming a Californian?
petescully 
Yep, sure sounds like you’re becoming a Californian. We moved to California in 1977 from snow-bound and icy Illinois and now we complain when the house is cooler than 70º F – hot house plants, we are!
I always enjoy your sketches. I’ve been in Davis and many of the other communities you draw (San Francisco, for sure) so the places are real to me and it’s exciting to see your interpretation. – Barbara
Lovely sketch, Pete – you’ve made the shadows convincing and yet they’re so simply done.
I’m so out of the loop, I didn’t even realise yesterday was a Crawl day. Maybe next time …
cheers! My problem with the sketchcrawls is that i always want to go to san francisco or somewhere, try something new, draw somewhere different, but don’t always have the time. With Davis, well i draw it every day so it’s not special.
Pete — sorry we missed you, would have been up for some garlic fries myself. We had a good time but it wasn’t very “urban.”