I sketch on the "T", the MBTA or Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston's excellent public transit system. I draw people as unobtrusively as I can. While I've never asked permission to draw anyone, I try to be respectful of everyone's privacy and I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. I bring along some business cards, so if somebody asks what I'm doing, I can hand out a card which explains that I'm an artist. The comments I receive on my drawings in public are invariably enthusiastic and positive. A frequent remark is "I didn't know anybody could still do that," which I think means "draw from life", which is reason enough for me to keep at it. I love drawing the many faces of the human comedy.
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