Autumn puddle in Tehran

Tehran puddles look just like American puddles. When writing this post I found out where it was taken - and had a little smile inside knowing that some things really are the same wherever you go. So here’s the photo I worked from by Abolfazl Raghebi, a car photographer in Tehran - cropped in to fit my horizontal sketchbook. Thank you Tara Dawn, Debbie NV, Nancy, Michele Kudrich, Beth Mattheus, and many others for tuning into my live video! It was slightly nervewracking to do live, especially when I wasn’t sure how to handle those leaves, but…yay for completing it in an hour? An hour is about what most of the sketches in the flipthrough took me during the year that I did them (see this post if you missed that video, it’s way down at the end of the post)….this may have gone a little faster had I not been yammering while painting: For anyone who’d like to see the next livestream - become a paid member, and maybe your request will be the one I’ll create live! These livestreams are for those who are invested in this page….and did you know subscrptions are 20% off right now? The year-long subscription’s the best deal since you get 20% off for a year, but 20% off a pay-as-you-go ain’t bad either. It ends September 30, so get on it quick: Sorry for the vertical format by the way. Next time I’m going to work out the OBS system and find out which button I didn’t click that would have connected up a horizontal video! So stay tuned for that in October. Or some tech-tests that might pop up here randomly before then. I’ll be back on Saturday with more fun - cardmaking and color theory! In the meantime go have an awesome end of the week….create something every day! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sandyallnock.substack.com/subscribe