Presidential Debate Sketches

Friday night I sat with my sketchpad and tried drawing the presidential candidates while they were talking.   This was pretty tough to do, but it was helpful that they were stuck at their podiums.  I could start a sketch and know that their heads would return to something close to one of the positions thatContinue reading “Presidential Debate Sketches”

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Others

Rev. Jesse Jackson was the second African America to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. A civil rights activist, and Baptist minister, he ran twice in 1984 and 1988. In 1984, he was pretty much written off as a fringe candidate. Therefore, it was quite a surprise when he came in third in the nominationContinue reading “Rev. Jesse Jackson and Others”