Last night, I went to a terrific show of drawings by the fashion illustrator, Richard Haines at the spanking new Fuller + Roberts shop on La Cienega. As frequent readers of this blog know, I love me some fashion illustrations so this show was a real treat. I so admire drawings that feel effortless and manage to communicate so much about the energy and form of the person that the artist is observing with a few well placed lines. Mr. Haines is a master of this technique and his choice to sketch and draw on notebook paper and pages torn from old books and catalogues adds a sense of casual intimacy. Take a look: