three letter word for art

I drove downtown today on my day off to snoop around for a place to draw. I had my new sketchin' chair in tow, as well as my big hat and map-case sketch bag, and I was fully prepared to set up on a sidewalk somewhere for some outdoor sketching. Only the heat got the better of me, and I found myself inside a Starbucks, ordering a lemonade and looking for a place to sit and cool off. As it happens, there was a table available right next to some floor-to-ceiling windows right on Crockett Street, so I decided to set up shop and draw the parking lot across the street.

I'll admit it-- I'm obsessed with San Antonio's mid-rise office buildings. They are scattered throughout town and most are adjacent to free parking, meaning free sketching. I've drawn more than one like this-- the Cox Radio building-- with a strip-mall in the foreground. More to come.

Linda across the table at EZ's. She had a quesadilla and I had a burger. Yum. The vacuum cleaner we use at the bookstore where I work. The other view is a parking lot from a fast food establishment near De Zavala Road. Another parking lot view: View of downtown San Antonio: