#366: New York Jazz Sketches, Cartoonist Central without the Cartoonists & The Next Paris Sketchbook...
+Morris gets a close-up from Uncle Paulie
Well, here we are in 2024. I hope you had a great holiday. Sophie and I are back from Paris with an armful of sketches and about 3kg of added bread weight.
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Every year for the past 9 years I’ve used my 'warm-up sketches' time on New Year’s Day to scribble a self-portrait. It’s the only time I do it. The style depends on whether I’m at the drawing board or sitting at the Cintiq. I don't meditate much on these; I just start drawing and see what emerges. It’s usually a reflection of my feelings about that year.
On our last day in Paris, we climbed the steps to Place Du Tertre, the home of live caricaturing in Montmartre which these days… doesn’t have many caricaturists at all. I wrote about it here:
This weekend I’ll be sharing part #2 of my Paris Sketchbook Series. You can see Part #1 here:
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