Live-Drawing The People’s March

Hope continues

Yesterday, a huge and orderly crowd gathered and marched to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.. Called the People’s March, it was peaceful and orderly. I was with my friend, fellow journalist Kate Woodsome and we started out by walking alongside the marchers, who were a mixture of people chanting about democracy and women’s rights.

When we reached the Lincoln Memorial, at about 15:00 in the video below, I began to live draw. My first subjects were two young women whom Kate interviewed as I depicted them on my iPad. Only aged 15, they were earnest, comforted by being among people who felt similarly, they told Kate they felt unsure of their future in our uncertain political reality. Then a flamboyant group of women talked to Kate as I drew them-my drawing does not do their outfits justice in the least. I couldn’t hear their discussions with Kate, but they were quite a unique group. I sat on the cold ground and was surrounded by marchers, standing and listening to the speakers on a stage by the Memorial.

It was quite an experience: I loved being there.

Here are the drawings.