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Drawing an artist friend in my neighborhood!

Puck the Hare posing at Adenaurplatz August 26 by Suzanne ForbesGood heavens it was glorious to spend two hours with Beloved Friend-Muse-Patron Puck on Adenauerplatz yesterday.

She arrived clad in iridescent holographic fetish bunny wear and literally lit up the plaza like a beam of cosmic light.

Puck the Hare posing at Adenaurplatz August 26 by Suzanne Forbes work in progressPure joy to have this quality time together.

I hadn’t seen Puck in person since I drew her dancing at Torture Garden Berlin on February 28, 2020! I knew it would be a dream to work with her though, as she is both a professional photographer and photography model. Plus a genius with outfits!

Above, you can see the drawing as it was after our two hours sitting outside Graffiti on Adenauerplatz.

Since we were going to be seated at a table, I brought my pastels and watercolor pens. I wore my prescription goggles and two FFP2 masks, and I felt really pretty comfortable and safe enough.

Puck the Hare posing at Adenaurplatz August 26 by Suzanne Forbes faceIt’s quite hard to capture the actual brightness of these pastel mixed-media drawings.

These details were taken outside, where the pigments can really spark.

Puck the Hare posing at Adenaurplatz August 26 by Suzanne Forbes bootsLoved drawing this colorful look while spending time with an artist friend!

Here is Puck through the camera lens!

So grateful to Puck and to all my other Patreon Patrons, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me to continue making art as a vaccinated but Covid-vulnerable disabled person.

With your support, I can work from home or safely outside and keep telling the stories of Berlin.

Live-drawing Stella Ahangi and The Walk of Glam!

Stella Ahangi by Suzanne Forbes July 19 2021I made it to the Walk of Glam at last!

A wonderful event from Stella Ahangi, called The Walk of Glam, always starts right near our place. I had been looking forward to attending it since I met Stella in early 2020.

I didn’t do any walking though! I simply convened where the walkers met. I did some warm-up drawings, and then Stella arrived in her fabulous attire.

The Walk of Glam is open to everyone, and all ages do attend, but many of the walkers are in the 60-plus and fabulous category! So lovely to see seniors dressed up and celebrating themselves. Sir Henry de Winter was there, in tailcoat with peaked lapels!

Walk of Glam ladies seated outside Cafe Einstein by Suzanne Forbes July 18 2021The Walkers meet at Cafe Einstein on Weitzstrasse.

Here you can see two Walkers seated outside the cafe. These ladies had such elegant hats! I dressed up a bit myself, the most dressed up I’d been since Feb 2020!

photographer at Walk of Glam by Suzanne Forbes August 28 2021This is one of the photographers, Baron Ralph Joachim.

Find him here! I made another drawing and I’m working on finishing it 🙂

I am so grateful to my Patreon Patrons, whose monthly financial support makes it possible for me to continue making art as a Covid-vulnerable disabled person. With your support, I can work from home or safely outside and keep telling the stories of Berlin.