Jul 30 2008

Milwaukee

Published by at 2:59 pm under sketchbook,travel

Just got back yesterday from Milwaukee. I actually liked it a lot (unlike the last time I visited which was for a convention, in the winter, about 10 years ago). This time we were there for the wedding of our friends Tim and Sarah:

Tim and Sarah

They threw a great shindig. We also got to the Art Museum, which is architecturally stunning:

Milwaukee art museum - entrance hall

Here’s a fun drawing I did at the entrance to the main galleries, and a photo of me drawing it:

Missing parts

Drawing in the space-age museum

They have a couple of nice suits of armor — a subject I can never resist drawing:

Armor!

Milwaukee also has a pretty decent zoo, but I won’t make you look at my zoo sketches unless you want to. Except the penguin.

Milwaukee zoo - penguin

Milwaukee zoo – gorilla
Milwaukee zoo – more gorillas
Milwaukee zoo – baboons and bonobos
Milwaukee zoo – monkeys
Milwaukee zoo – monkeys and macacques
Milwaukee zoo – polar bears and seals
Milwaukee zoo – giraffes and rhino
Milwaukee zoo – peacock, prairie dogs and elk

2 responses so far

2 Responses to “Milwaukee”

  1. jessicaon 17 Sep 2008 at 3:50 pm

    you know milwaukee and chicago are not so far :

  2. adminon 17 Sep 2008 at 3:51 pm

    I know! If we’d had a little more time, we would have come to visit.