On April 17th I went to Tastings (164 Lake Ave Maitland Fl), to listen to jazz and sketch. The Jazz Tastings Quartet performs every Friday starting at 7PM. I ordered a white wine and a lobster bisque that was delicious. The band got on stage just as I was finishing my bisque. Cary Frank was on the keyboards and you can’t see him in my sketch. He is behind the bass player, John Toney. I recognized John, I had sketched him perform once before at the Obama Campaign Headquarters. Brad Catron was up front with his self deprecating humor and fast fingers on guitar. The fish bowl tip jar was half full of dollar bills from the start.
The music was lively helping motivate every line and splash of color. After my second cup of white wine the sketch started to look not so bad. As often happens, the band took a break before the sketch was done. I kept painting, forgetting about local color, and going with colors that worked for the sketch.
It was a good sketch session, although the bisque and wines were more expensive than I expected. Most people don’t recognize the cost of making art. Maybe I should put a tip jar out every time I sketch. With my luck, I’d be arrested for busking or begging.