Needless to say this sketch brought some chuckles from the folk sitting next to us. Nice thing when someone is phone channeling- they have no idea what is going on around them! This guy plopped in a seat as the terminal was beginning to fill with passengers for 3 different flights. He seemed unwilling to shift his pose, let alone walk about some. So I could sketch on; and so I did. I guess it is nice to have a ledge on which to rest your phone so the fingers are the only thing working. Well, hopefully the brain too!
One lady sat down to see what I was up to. She was returning home after helping her daughter with a new baby. One kid who has been working in Tuscon for a year was headed to Calgary- arriving at 10:10 pm - and then renting a car for an 8 hour drive into Saskatchewan for a wedding. The drive included a little sleep at his folks house, plus a detour to pick up a friend. We were glad we had a room reserved near the Calgary airport.
I was surprised at how simple it was to find places and people to sketch in an airport terminal. Cannot say I have ever tried it before. Usually at home it is a bit more disconcerting to find a place where I am comfortable sketching people - or where I think they are ok with someone sketching them. One nice thing about the airport terminal is that there is such a variety of people, and most are "in their own world" paying little attention to anyone else.
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