I recently went to Sketcher Fest Edmonds, a drawing conference in the Seattle area. It was organized by Gabi Campanario, the founder of Urban Sketchers. Many great artists from around the world attended. Lapin, Mario Linares, Stephanie Bower, Marielle Durant, Rita Sabler, Cyrille Briand and Nishant Jain, to name a few. There were many lectures and workshops. I went with my friend, Danny Gregory, the well known art guru. Over the course of a few days there, I managed this one elborate drawing. There was limited free time, so I drew early in the morning near our motel before the festivities began. Also, I kept a few rocks and shells in my pocket to sketch while listeneing to the talks. Mostly I mingled and met like-minded artists.