out to lunch - sam baker

a good lesson is to have no expectations. the poster for this show had a scruffy lookin man sittin down playin guitar in an energetic (near punk) manner. this seemed ideal to me. first energetic - that's what i love to draw! and secondly sittin down. it is a much more pleasin (and easier) image to capture than a standin guitarist.

he was a well presented slow playin standin guitarist. the first act went badly for me...i had chosen an awkward angle and had got myself hemmed in as well so couldn't escape to change that, every sketch was a failure and my esteem was droppin somethin shockin. here's the most valuable lesson any artist needs to learn

push through

never give up. instead of gettin disappointed take that energy turn it into whatever and let it come out on the paper.

as i was standin there this man's music started to get to me. he was charmin with the crowd and the lyrics were really movin. i'm not totally opposed to country. howe gelb has a room in my life.

first act done, repositioned and although i don't feel i really got the pics i was after i walked out with my head up proud at least of what i managed.

a weird thing is quite often the musicians aren't at all interested in my sketches and i feel a little embarrassed about the whole brief affair i've had with them. but i would have liked to have shown these to mr sam baker. not that they are particularly great. i had just spent maybe 2 hours really studyin him and bein frustrated by him and all the while he slowly got into my head

i had to leave to catch a bus that wasn't there

but this post isn't about our awful public transport network and film crews who are more important than me