It’s Friday and that means it’s time to pull out the old sketchbooks. Believe it or not this drawing was inspired by some Robert Rauschenberg prints I had seen inside a super fancy building in Beverly Hills. I was interviewing for a job and as it turned out the owner of the place was none other than Georges Marciano, one of the founders of Guess Jeans. The private indoor parking lot was full of all kinds of awesome art. It’s hard to recall now, nine years later, what I saw, but I do remember seeing some big Roy Lichtenstein prints. When I made it inside the building all the walls were covered with art. It was quite spectacular. Anyway, in the office I waited in before my interview started there were, if I remember correctly, two to four prints by Rauschenberg. None of them I had ever seen before. They were multi-layered screen prints and the most prominent image was a big fat Rauschenberg signature. It wasn’t down in the corner per usual though. It would be right across the middle of the image or down the side. So, to put an end to this long story here is the drawing I made soon after my little visit to Beverly Hills.

Luckily, to spare us both some time, I don’t have any stories to accompany the next two drawings.

One for you…

and one for your homies.

It’s always good to draw your hand. There are so many contours and shadows. It can be quite a challenge. As you can see, I kept mine simple. There is a good chance I drew that while ignoring a teacher talking.

All three of the drawings above are from my 1998 sketchbook, which I’ve noticed is labeled “Sketchbook #3”.

I hope you enjoyed this peek into my old sketchbook archive. Come back next Friday to see some more.

See ya,
Jeff