My mom came to visit! It was wonderful.
I made this portrait of her at Cafe Bilderbuch in Schöneberg. We were having coffee. We love coffee! This is the first time I tried black ballpoint on the Canson Toned Gray paper, and I really enjoyed using a ballpoint on that surface.
It’s a heavy paper that feels smooth to the touch, yet accepts a lot of pigment from pastels, which usually need a surface with tooth. I added oil pastel and chalk pastel when we got home.
Cat supervisors were on hand.
Our horrible Morgan and adorable Viviane enjoyed their time with Grandma, who is a Cat Person of the highest order, very much. Morgan hardly even bit her.
FInally had a minute to finish the last of the drawings I made at Folsom Europe. I really enjoyed my time there.
However there were also plenty of casually dressed lovers just sporting crew socks and sweats, as seen in the first picture!