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1. Cold

By: Allen Capoferri, on 12/22/2013
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It was.

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2. Cold

By: Allen Capoferri, on 12/22/2013
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It was.

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3. Home by the Sea

By: Allen Capoferri, on 12/12/2013
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Took a moment from my class to sketch. Hope you like the title…it’s one of my favorites from Genesis.

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4. Home by the Sea

By: Allen Capoferri, on 12/12/2013
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Took a moment from my class to sketch. Hope you like the title…it’s one of my favorites from Genesis.

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5. The Court

By: Allen Capoferri, on 11/24/2013
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Frequenting a court clustered between stores, restaurants, and cafes, the place takes on a world of its own. I’ve been sketching here for quite a long time. Long enough to know it has its courtiers, kings, queens, and jesters. Dogs have a special ascendance. They are lavished with particular affection.

I often see the same people. The man above looked like he was visiting. The logo of the football team on his sweatshirt was an indicator.

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6. The Court

By: Allen Capoferri, on 11/24/2013
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Frequenting a court between stores, restaurants, and cafes, the place takes on a world of its own. I’ve been sketching here for quite a long time. Long enough to know it has its courtiers, kings, queens, and jesters. Dogs have a special ascendance. They’re lavished with particular affection.

I often see the same people. The man above looked like he was visiting. The logo of the football team on his sweatshirt was an indicator.

I forgot to mention…in keeping with that great Thanksgiving tradition of football games too, I’d like to wish everyone a happy holiday.

After my observations I noted in the first paragraph above I became interested…so when I ran into this DVD in the library I had to watch it. It turned out to be a very good Nova documentary called Decoding Dogs/ Understanding The Human-Dog Relationship. It confirmed dogs are really wolves that have aggressive tendencies breed out. It cites an example in Russia of just how easily this is done after a few generations of selective breeding. Noting also fear is the impetus of aggression.

An anthropologist in the documentary uses the cuckoo bird relationship as an analogy to our relationship to a dog where the cuckoo bird kicks out the real baby bird from the nest. When a puppy dog is brought home for being cute and fun we essentially receive nothing from the dog and it replaces our interactions with human beings.

The documentary showed how attuned the dog is to its owner. The dog owners on the documentary unanimously agree their dogs are smart. Many affirm their dog’s ability to read their owners feelings. I’ve heard owners say how smart their dog is by it’s instinctual observations of people. Considering what is said here, it’s simply reacting to the owners unwitting queue and reacting to them.

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7. 21

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/24/2013
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21, a photo by 9567 on Flickr.

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8. 21

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/24/2013
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21, a photo by 9567 on Flickr.

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9. Bubbies

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/20/2013
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10. Bubbies

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/20/2013
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Rough characters from “A Fish Story”.

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11. Downtown 2

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/17/2013
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More urban sketching. A good time of year for it…maybe the best by my estimation.

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12. Downtown 2

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/17/2013
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More urban sketching. A good time of year for it…maybe the best by my estimation.

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13. Haloween

By: Allen Capoferri, on 10/6/2013
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I was in town watching people and drawing in my sketchbook. I realized I needed spellcheck.

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14. Haloween

I was in town watching people and drawing in my sketchbook. I realized I needed spellcheck.

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15. Had a chance to get outside today

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/22/2013
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16. Had a chance to get outside today

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/22/2013
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So I did…

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17. My Pretty Excellent Adventure

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/15/2013
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18. My Pretty Excellent Adventure

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/15/2013
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19. At the Market

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/8/2013
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20. At the Market

By: Allen Capoferri, on 9/8/2013
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21. Take it Easy

By: Allen Capoferri, on 8/5/2013
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He was takin’ it easy.

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22. Take it Easy

By: Allen Capoferri, on 8/5/2013
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He was takin’ it easy.

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23. Gone Fishin’

By: Allen Capoferri, on 7/26/2013
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I realize I haven’t been posting as I usually do. I’ve been sidetracked by other things. As some already know I’m pictured above at one of my favorite places.

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24. Gone Fishin’

By: Allen Capoferri, on 7/26/2013
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I realize I haven’t been posting as I usually do. I’ve been sidetracked by other things. As some already know I’m pictured above at one of my favorite places.

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25. The Twilight (Tidal) Zone

By: Allen Capoferri, on 6/23/2013
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