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Sketchbook

Sat, 2009-05-16 21:30 -- John Hawks

Today's sketchbook:

Watercolor sketches of Goodwin

Actually, yesterday's. Goodwin and I were painting outside. Here's a watercolor sketch of him painting. The girls' school had a Blackhawk helicopter visit, landing right outside. It flew over the house bound for its base, and I caught Goodwin looking up with a colored pencil sketch.

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