Big fun with Skype

On November 22nd, talking to my friend Flora on Skype
I decided to draw her. I had a sketchbook and pens on
my desk, and whipped off a little marker drawing while
we talked, which I posted.

A Chicago journalist, Howard Wolinsky, saw that drawing
and contacted me. On December 5th he did a video
interview with me over Skype and you can find that
on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KPuzn3FcIE
The Public Relations company for Skype,
Kaplow in New York, saw that interview, and decided
to hire me for an event they were doing at the
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
So on January 9, from 11 p.m. Toronto time, to 1:30
a.m. on January 10, I drew five portraits of people
attending a Skype party. This whole project would
have been impossible without the wonders of Skype,
and wouldn't have happened at all if it weren't for
the blog, and Howard.

Everyone I worked with was a complete delight,
helpful and understanding of my requirements
for more light than you standardly find at a
cocktail party, patience on the part of the people
I was drawing, and all of the other small details.

Sara
black marker on watercolour paper
12 x 9 inches

This week I'm going to start showing you these
drawings on my blog. As I have six, I can show you
one a day for six days. Enjoy.

I know I enjoyed making them -- a complete departure from
my painting work.

Have a ready-for-great-good-to-come-your-way day.