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Once again I was able to chronicle the Port Townsend Acoustic Blues festival. It has come to be one of my favorite art events of the year. It is sometimes a bit too much of a challenge to get a good sketch in with all the movements a musician makes.... but when you knock one off you are happy with it feels all the more sweeter.

Here are three favorites from the week. This year I decided to stay late for the jam sessions that go from 10:00 to 2:00 in the morning ( I remember ART JAMMING in college but I do not know how musicians do it!). My friend Jim Nyby was playing at the piano.

I usually work in pencil, and/or watercolor. This year I decided to use General's Charcoal on toned paper with some white chalk pencil. The scans of the paper color is lighter than actual color. I really like the Strathmore Artagain papers.

The wonderfully talented musician Chieck Hamala Diabate is a bit easier for me to capture. He plays in a very hypnotic easy rhythmic fashion that allows me to capture a good likeness.

Lastly, sometimes I find it hard enough to draw hands from a posed figure.When I can capture a rapidly moving one it makes my day!