I like to sketch everyday life. It gets the creativity flowing. For me, it's also a form of meditation, forcing me to focus entirely on the visual and get outside of my own head for a bit.
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The sketches above are from fall 2019.
![Grad Student](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/dd77d98a-ec58-4bf3-a41f-439779f6ac76_rw_1920.jpg?h=6f5b33d7da859c959cd45e8bfdf4b417)
Grad Student
![The Cozy Armchair](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/4907b233-3f38-40b4-bd0f-23a31a2d8949_rw_1920.jpg?h=156dcc9ee5754811e20a81fa53388320)
The Cozy Armchair
![Catchall Shelf](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/4242bfba-a898-4889-b1ac-9c6c7f673293_rw_1920.jpg?h=b9976e79c3a55274aa4dfa1b3c26aead)
Catchall Shelf
![On the Green](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/1c947b6b-4d9a-405b-8e1a-88db2fdf0ac5_rw_1920.jpg?h=9f198e8023df0a97b871e65ef22dd693)
On the Green
![Sam](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/f2f819ce-8037-4611-8d5c-a92b8ff5db4d_rw_1920.jpg?h=76a313411c043a658d8e0dc7b5a11697)
Sam
![Sleepy](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/b188bc9a-9484-4bf6-9e54-97ae8d4f9849_rw_1920.jpg?h=b4f695e25c55d63c63849866ae413000)
Sleepy
![The Survivor Plant](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/9822494d-3132-4262-93cf-b9bfc54d6165/1247cbfe-e4f1-4d93-ac73-5812a9913e3c_rw_1920.jpg?h=ce937410295722490509cf2ae8da5463)
The Survivor Plant
These sketches are from spring 2020, during quarantine.