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If you think life as an artist has a few surprises, just
come along with Don as he shares the characters and situations he’s
encountered in twenty years of traveling the country teaching watercolor
workshops.
Filled with humor, charm, and
controversy, every chapter of Rough Sketches emerges with
unforgettable clarity.
Pure entertainment from the
first page to the last, Rough Sketches delivers an
irreverent inside view into the real world of a workshop instructor.
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Excerpt from the chapter
Judge Andrews:
My thoughts were
interrupted as I made eye contact with a sturdy looking older gentleman
approaching me. His muscular
neck supported a large head with hair cropped in a military flat top. Steel-gray eyes and a well-trimmed
mustache gave him the look of a giant English terrier. I returned his gaze with a smile
and a first rate nod. Stepping
up to me, he glanced down at the label of judge posted on my jacket and all
pretense of cordiality fell from his hardened face.
“You the judge?” he
snapped.
“Yes sir, my name is
Don Andrews. How do you do?”
“Why?”
I wasn’t exactly sure
what he was asking me, why was I Don Andrews? “Why?” I asked.
“Why in heaven’s name would you
select something like that?” he said, pointing over my shoulder to a half
sheet abstract painting with an honorable mention ribbon.
Unclear as to where
his questions were leading, I thought perhaps he wanted a better
understanding of abstract art.
“Well sir,” I began,
“in order to appreciate abstract organization, you must…”
“What is it?” he
huffed.
Clearing my throat I
tried again. “You see, abstract…”
Instantly he cut me
off.
“Pray tell,” he
bellowed, veins popping red, “what does that… that thing mean?”
Now things were clearing
up. He wasn’t looking for
education. My thoughts on the
virtues of abstract organization were of no interest whatsoever. About then I also realized that my
earlier terrier description was somewhat off the mark. There before me was a bulldog with
a bad tooth snarling in my face!
No, he wasn’t looking for enlightenment, what he wanted was a pound
of my flesh!…
Rough
Sketches...colorful, humorous encounters. Fun reading!...
Judi Betts
Don invites
us to share his uproarious traveling adventures and it is a most rewarding
trip…
Glenn
Bradshaw
When I
started reading Rough Sketches, I couldn’t stop! Don is an
accomplished storyteller. I enjoyed every word and hope there’s more to
come…
Gerald
Brommer
Don is a
master of both words and pictures…
Cheng-Khee
Chee
Who said
“truth is stranger than fiction” would agree after reading a few chapters
of Rough Sketches. Those of us who teach workshops have had similar
experiences, but Don has finally put it into print…
Don Getz
For all the
students who have encouraged me to “write a book about my adventures on the
road,” here it is, by one of America’s top painters and writers. Enjoy!...
Skip
Lawrence
Rough
Sketches should be compulsory reading for anyone contemplating
chairing a workshop, taking a workshop or driving an instructor to class
and crazy in
the process!...
Barbara
Nechis
As Andrews
paints, so does he write: clearly, creatively, idiosyncratically and he
always brings along a dose of humor…
Frank Webb
Don emerges
as a colorful spokesman for all of us involved in the strange world of
teaching workshops…
Milford
Zornes
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