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July 19th, 2011 – Meeting Sketch
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.19, 2011, under Sketchbook
Leave a Comment :draw, draw drawing, drawing, Florida History!, historic florida, historic ocala, historical museum, illustration, Jr., marion county florida, marion county historical commission, meetin, meeting, meeting drawing, meeting sketch, ocala, ocala florida, ocala history, oclaa, pen, pen sketch, Rob Smith, Rob Smith Jr, Rob Smith jr sketch, sketch more...June 24th, 2011 – Meeting Sketches!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jun.27, 2011, under Friends, Sketchbook
Been attending meetings in the past couple weeks. Here are sketches form Orlando Remembered (above), an executive Republican meeting (image 2) and the Marion County Springs Festival meeting (bottom).
May 2nd, 2011 – Sketchin’!
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.04, 2011, under Sketchbook
Leave a Comment :art, florida event, Florida History!, marion county florida, Rob Smith Jr more...March 12th, 2011 – Drawing & Meeting Talk Show Host, Herman Cain
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Mar.13, 2011, under Caricatures, Celebrity Illustrations, Various
The Marion County Republican Executive Committee had our Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner Saturday night and I contributed by serving on the planning committee and drawing caricatures at the event. Political talk show host and potential presidential candidate, Herman Cain, was our guest speaker. Before going out to speak to the assembled crowd Mr. Cain was out where I was in the corridor. He came up and asked if I drew black people. After a hearty laugh he sat down and asked if I’d draw him. So I did. Above is Mr. Cain, myself and the drawing I did.
What a very open, extremely friendly and funny person! And I don’t mean in a ‘Like Me- I Wanna Get Elected’ way. I’ve met and worked with a ton of politicians in 25+ years of working campaigns and I know the difference between going through the motions and being genuinely friendly. Of course, most all politicians become like that over time to some extent. You have to when you meet so many people, realize you serve the people you meet and have a career to look after. It’s not really a bad thing politicians shake hands and do their best to make you feel comfortable with them. Otherwise, they would be like me and admit they can’t remember everyone and apologize all the time, which doesn’t win me any votes. If Mr. Cain gets into the presidential race, eventually he’ll have to modify his meet and greet also. Right now he exudes an openness that is very refreshing.
Equally impressive is his staff, particularly Mark Block who was a key to setting up huge wins for Tea Party/conservative candidates in November’s Wisconsin races and the challenges we see in the state house in Wisconsin today.
Below are two more photos. I’ve been off the past few days in my drawings. I felt it Thursday while guest speaking at a cartooning class. My friend, who visited the same class, noticed it also. I see it very much in these drawings. I gotta shake whatever fog is in my head and sharpen my pen and draw better.
The one above was one of the better drawings I did.
I have no idea why I put so much hair on top of Jan’s head. Again, my head is not translating well right now. By the way, Jan, above, and her partner Kay did a terrific job running an auction we had at our event. Turns out both also went to Rollins College.
July 10th, 2010 – Angie Boynton
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Jul.11, 2010, under What's New?
Saturday I helped out my good friend Angie Boynton with her campaign for school board in Marion County.