In all the years we’ve been living here in CA and passing through the wine country region on the way to Santa Rosa, I’ve always wanted to sketch this old diner with this amazing old truck parked out front. I was never sure exactly where it was on that road we’ve driven down a hundred times, just one more place we pass. On Easter Sunday, on the drive back, my wife suggested that we stop, so I was finally able to add it to my Moleskine. This is the Fremont Diner, on the outskirts of Sonoma, a town I have always loved. It was raining, and the diner was closed, so we sat in the car, my wife read a magazine while I sketched. One day I’d like to eat here. Apparently they do ‘fried pies’. Sketched in dark brown uniball signo um-151 pen with watercolour, in a watercolour Moleskine.
hidden in the backseat of my head, someplace i can’t remember where
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Sketch turned out fantastic! Wow, that truck really does look old, with the proper amount of rust… just spectacular. Was your little guy with you? If I’m ever anywhere with my little ones, sketching is definitely NOT on the agenda :) They won’t sit still long enough!
Cheers. No, son was left behind this time, though he would probably have been drawing too!
Very nice sketch, and you’re lucky to have a patient and supportive wife!
cheers!