Stonekite

What feels like the first three days of true warmth and sunshine this year coincide with pride week. The result is a truly amazing number of people having fun all over Capitol Hill.

The gay bar Purr is right next to the entrance of our building, so we all got passes to get through Purr’s block party. The dyke bar Wildrose is a block down the street, and they’re holding their own block party.

The result was gay dance music blasting all day long. Louder in the studio than the loud music we usually play, so starting at eleven AM that was our soundtrack for today.

The first half of this linocut was done previously, the second half is due today:

To avoid this week’s heat we put paper up over the windows:

Cal Anderson Park is packed. I got some good sketching done while spray painting was going on in the studio.

Soccer player:

Shirtless guy:

Buskers tuning up:

Look at these people!:

That’s what a few days of sun does to Seattle.

Both Block Parties got packed as soon as it got dark. I’m in favor of weekly block parties. The whole atmosphere on Capitol Hill was festive today, and while the vast vast majority of it was due to Pride week and sunshine, pedestrians having freedom to walk and listen to music for a few blocks can’t have hurt.

Towards the Wildrose party:

Towards our doorway (most of the tent was just under our window):

After a long night of work, talking, and going to Captain Black’s for beer and bacon waffles, the linocut was finished enough to try a test print: