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Thanks and goodnight!

I've finally decided it's time to put this baby to bed, this is my last post on this blog! I'm done with hardcore travelling for now, and unfortunately spare time is really scarce for me now that I'm spending my days drawing at the Academy amongst the overwhelming activity of New York!
But I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who commented and emailed me about these drawings, it has been a tremendous support for me throughout my travels.
Please stay in touch, and stay tuned for my next project!
Thanks again everyone, you're, like... the best.
Laura.

It's a hell of a town

I am in New York, New York!  This boundless city is charming the pants off me, of course.  But best of all I have moved into an apartment in Queens, where I'm living for the summer while I'm at art school.  It is such a relief to have unpacked and have a place to call home!  I did this sketch of the view from my bedroom window. I think it is very New York, and a little Rear Window.

My very own window

Oh Canada

Making a liar out of this blog's tag line, I took a cheeky trip across the border and visited Toronto last week.  I was freaked out by how friendly Canadians are! Wow. I'll be spending some time there later in the year, but for now I drew a moose. No logic or inspirational moment this time. Just - I went to Canada, so I drew a moose. I hope you like him...he's not so sure about you. 

The Dapper Moose

Boston Tea Party

Last week I went North and spent a few days in Boston.  I visited Harvard and did the Freedom Trail, where I learnt so much about the beginnings of the USA that has already fallen out of my brain. An image that stuck though, was the pretty gardens at Boston Common, where there are these perfectly rectangle tulip beds that look like table tops. So I got the idea for this Wonderland-ish tea party...the pun occurred to me later. 

Morning tea for Alice

A serious business

I started this ink drawing in Washington DC, where every conversation you overhear is full of phrases like 'economic analysis', 'judicial precedent' and 'Obama'. When I was standing between Capitol Hill and the US Supreme Court, I noticed these little birds flying into tiny holes in the streetlight poles. I could hear the baby birds chirping for food from inside! I thought that was pretty sweet, these little birds are growing up in their own little world, completely oblivious to the fact that they are right in the thick of where some of the most important decisions affecting the free world are made every day. Mmm... symbolic.

Breakfast

Down by the bayou

In New Orleans, I had the amazing good fortune of being in town for their famous Jazz Festival, where I got to see some of my favourite acts like Lupe Fiasco and Arcade Fire (who performed Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Cindi Lauper - it was bizzarre and amazing).  I also saw awesome local musicians, here's a quick sketch of a crazy-good tambourine player from the fabulously named Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers. 

Kermit's Woman