I started doing some with a Sharpie instead of a retractable pencil; here's one, of a woman chatting on a cell phone (done, I believe, before we entered the tunnel part of BART underneath the Bay):

Here's another from a couple of days ago:

Ok. So it will prove more difficult than originally imagined to update this thing daily. But I will try!! At least for the next couple of days or so...
Here are some sketches from the last couple of days.
-DF

A couple of years ago, when I used to live in San Francisco and commute to work in Oakland, I would alleviate commuter boredom by sketching my fellow train passengers on the 15-minute ride between downtown San Francisco and downtown Oakland and back.

Now that I work and live in Oakland, and commute less than 5 days a week to my art studio in San Francisco, I have lost the regular habit of sketching my train neighbors, preferring instead to zone out to the mild rocking motion and the not-so-mild noises of the BART train.

However, I recently re-discovered the joys of stealthfully using other BART riders as my portrait sketch models. Behold! And now, I vow to post a new sketch on this blog every day, or at least as often as possible... we'll see how this goes. Since I'm currently a bit short on material, I will dig the depths of my stash from my last bout of BART sketching until I'm up to speed on my drawing, and on my commuting.

Stay tuned... if you're a regular BART commuter, maybe you'll recognize yourself...
-Diane