When I got to my hotel I found out I needed to wait a while before checking in, so I walked around for a few hours and got lost. I think this was near the Amstel area.
The next day I ate lunch outside near Centraal Station. It was the largest building I saw in Amsterdam
Ate dinner at Butterfly Thai Cafe, and managed to sketch a few people while they werent looking. Strange place, they were playing the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues Videos right behind me the whole time.
Artis Zoo. Haven't Drawn animals from life in about 6 years and it shows.
There was an awesome skeleton of something called Reuzenhert
Before going into the Rijksmuseum I grabbed lunch, again outside. Drawing people as they walked by was a neat exercise. I only took a second or two glance at them, then tried to sketch them from memory, checking details as they walked closer. An older couple were eating next to me trying not to look obvious while looking over my shoulder.
I tried to do the same thing at Vondelpaark, but this was a failure. Most people were moving too quickly, and wearing the dullest outfits.
These were terrible drawings.
On the plane back I read the Kingmaker/Kingbreaker series (what do you call a trilogy with only two books anyway?) I sketched out a quick design for a cover. I haven't played with book illustrations in years. It was always what I wanted to do with art during school, feel the urge to do some more.
Oh and I got a tattoo while I was there too. 
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