“Always behave like a duck — keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle like the devil underneath.”
– Jacob Braude
Copyright Beth Parker Art 2012
McIntosh County Courthouse – 8″ x 10″ Prismacolor Pen on 140 lb Cold Press
Don’t you just love small towns? The buildings have so much charm and they are rich in character. Of course, they are also old… as in I did not draw in the window air conditioners that are poking out of all the windows. 
I’ll post again after it’s painted. Check this out… Public Esquire Empire posted my drawing on their site.
Here’s a link to the finished painting.
About Jacob Braude
American judge and author Jacob Braude was a fount of humorous and inspirational stories and quotations, which he used to regale the courtroom in Cook County, Illinois, where he presided for more that 35 years. His books of sayings, including Speaker’s Encyclopedia of Humor and Braude’s Treasury of Wit and Humor, have been mined by toastmasters and lecturers for decades. He was born in 1896 and died in 1970.
linkThe Free Dictionary: A unit in a connected series of units: links of sausage; one link in a molecular chain. →
Can’t wait to see this in color.
Looks great! I suspect a sock monkey may be hiding in one or more of those bushes! It’s going to look great in color. Purple, right? ;P