These cows are grazing in a field in Mequoketa, Iowa. I used to travel there for the holidays. This is a view from beside the driveway. The cows didn’t notice me and the folks in the home just considered my presence an oddity.
I can get very similar views right here in Lake County, Florida. I just need to find spots to pull off the road and such views are plentiful.
I worked all day today on refining the final two theater posters for the Shakes next season. now Once that assignment is behind me I will start venturing out again to find these kinds of rural scenes.
The cows in this sketch are grazing in a peaceful pre-pandemic world. Once 2020 hit I no longer ventured off to Iowa for the holidays.
My focus now is to start to discover the visual appeal of rural Florida while also venturing back to Orlando to sketch theater rehearsals and performances. It is a strange dichotomy but one I am learning to embrace.
I found this sketch because I am searching for my favorite sketchbook paper, which is Zeta made by Stillman and Birn. I have never don a bad sketch on this glorious smooth and thick paper. I bought two new Zeta Series Sketchbooks which I will use next week when I go to the Orlando Federal Courthouse to do some courtroom sketching. With these sketchbooks I feel confident I will get some really good sketches.