“As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.” – Michael Dell.

So proud of my niece Mallory for success and graduation from Fitchburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. My interpretation of the celebration of throwing the caps in the air. Watercolor and ink in a 9″ x 12″ Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.

Carny is thought to have become popularized around 1931 in North America, when it was first colloquially used to describe one who works at a carnival. The word carnival, originally meaning a “time of merrymaking before Lent”, came into use circa 1549. A sure sign of spring and summer is when the mobile carnivals seem to pop-up out of the ground for various festivals. I came across this one in Central Falls, Rhode Island this morning. Faber-Castell Pit pens with Daniel Smith Watercolors in a S & B Sketchbook.