The middle drawing is dated June 26th. The last day of school. Not for me but for my daughter. In my childhood, the day after school let out my family headed off to the country house for the entire summer. I remember those summers and the old farm house in the middle of endless fields and forests. I remember it so well that for my entire life I've been scheming to recreate every summer exactly the same way. As it turns out I work mostly on the internet which makes it easy to run off on June 27th. I'm trying to instil the same love of endless summers in my daugther. The guy on the right was drawn on June 27th, he's lying on a beach.

Feet are always a good option on a streetcar ride. I live in Toronto some of the time and I find Torontonians fairly insular. I guess you have to be in a big city in some respects. This insularity allows me to draw just about anyone travelling on the streetcar. Readers are the best, they don't move so much. Occasionally no one's reading and everyone is just sitting, looking around. The minute someone figures out you're drawing them though they get all self-conscious and start moving around as much as possible. This is where feet come in. No one cares if you draw their feet (hands apply here as well but don't stay still as long). So when there are no likely candidates for faces I draw their feet.