Good Art by Phil Rice

This is one of my very first pencil sketches. And one of my favorites.

The reference photo is dated July of 2008 and includes myself, older brother Dave, cousin Pam, and my father. We asked a stranger to operate the camera, and he did a nice job.

We were about to board a boat (Zephyr) to go see the waterfall art in New York City. Our journey took us into (or near) the area where the jet plane landed in the Hudson. So when I heard the news story several months later about the Hudson River plane landing, I was sure thinking what if that plane had come in when we were out there?

If you look closely, you will see that my brother Dave (the ham) has managed to work his hand into this portrait.

The key learning - take lots of pictures.

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