Thanks to you, we're nearly halfway to the goal with three quarters of the campaign left. Although I'm feeling confident that we'll make it, I don't want to get complacent and coast gently to the finish.

 

Here are some of the ways I've been reaching out:

 

I've been actively participating in events with my sketching groups. During the Greenwood Neighborhood Artwalk, I drew the Roosevelt Room at Urban Light Studios with my friends The Sketch Pistols, a congenial gang of artists, cartoonists, and designers based right here in Seattle.

 

The Urban Sketchers who are not in Singapore at this year's Symposium have been meeting as usual. We met in South Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood and this bright falafel trailer caught my eye.

 

Sitting in front of the computer watching the Kickstarter "dashboard" results is like watching the proverbial pot boil, so I've doubled down on my morning yoga at Greenlake.

 

I draw everyday, selecting specific scenes to illustrate the narrative of This Is Then, That Was Now. Here's the interior of the Greenwood PCC drawn during lunch yesterday. (To see the final version, stay tuned for the next update.)

 

Many of my Craftsy.com students have joined the campaign, and to raise the awareness of those not in my on-line social circles I scored some press coverage: 

 

This morning I was interviewed for an article in next week's issue of the Queen Anne/Magnolia News, which is the home of many of my former elementary students and their families.

 

It's been a lot of fun, and exciting getting closer to the realization of this two-years-in-the-making project. In between all the drawing and networking, I'm building the new book in InDesign and loving how it looks. I'm eager to get copies to my backers.

 

Please share the project with your like-minded friends who would enjoy unique books like these. It would be great to be able to print more books than planned, and to be able to continue authoring more books every two years or so. I already have the seeds of the next two in mind!

Thanks again, everyone. Especially to my patient partner Donna, who has to listen to me talk about my projects all day long. To give her a break, we lunched in Discovery Park. (Though even there I was researching the personal illustrated diaries of James Kochalka.)