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Times I’m waiting, often in a coffee shop or a car, sometimes in a lobby – and I draw what I see through the window.

I have a fair number of Wait Sketches that are the result of parenting and husbanding and doing the car thing. Activities that put me in various places for a while with empty hands and an urge to use my time to some effect.

. . . wanted to see doodles with character that you might be able to tell a story about. I thought that was a fun idea, and decided to post some of my doodles here as well. Some may have more character than others. Some are Wait Doodles, which are a bit different than my Wait Sketches. It is all in fun.

Here are a few trees that have gotten into my sketch book while I am waiting in a car.

Some waits recur. Again and again the waiting takes place at the same location.

we wait and wait for the event, the moment, the open door, the busy professional, the activity-laden child . . . I now bring a sketchbook