Todd Berman 3/23/24 Todd Berman 3/23/24

Mission Delirium at El Rio

I saw the show on Thursday, made this painting on Friday, and hung it at City Art Cooperative Gallery on Saturday.

Todd Berman 2/14/24 Todd Berman 2/14/24

How I’m Voting and You Can Too - March 2024

Protect San Francisco from conservative billionaires!

How I’m voting in the March 2024 election, and pictures of several brand new paintings.

Todd Berman 9/9/23 Todd Berman 9/9/23

Drawings from Summer Concerts

The summer of 2023 in San Francisco has been great for seeing live music out in the sunshine. Here is a selection of some of the drawings I’ve made, in real time, at those shows.

Todd Berman 7/24/23 Todd Berman 7/24/23

I’m about to do something drastic

The drastic step I’m about to take, and why I’m doing that now.

Todd Berman 6/15/23 Todd Berman 6/15/23

Drawing at Porchfest 2023

I drew some pictures of the bands at Porchfest 2023 in San Francisco.

Todd Berman 10/19/22 Todd Berman 10/19/22

So much music

I brought my sketchbook to 3 outdoor concerts in San Francisco. See my drawings from the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Due South, and the 20th Street Block Party.

Todd Berman 10/12/22 Todd Berman 10/12/22

How I’m Voting and You Can Too - November 2022

Don’t let Election Knight sneak up on you!

How I’m voting in the November 2022 election, and pictures of the third giant heart sculpture I pained.

Todd Berman 9/12/22 Todd Berman 9/12/22

Inspired by Cowgirlpalooza

There were four bands at the Cowgirlpalooza show on Labor Day at El Rio. I sketched them all, in between all the dancing.

Todd Berman 7/19/22 Todd Berman 7/19/22

July is for Music in the Parks

Three sketches of performances in San Francisco parks on three different days.

Todd Berman 5/28/22 Todd Berman 5/28/22

How I’m Voting and You Can Too – June 2022

How I’m filling out my San Francisco ballot for the June 2022 election and why we really need to reject the recall attempt. Also, see the first pictures of my new San Francisco heart sculpture painting.

Todd Berman 4/1/22 Todd Berman 4/1/22

How I’m Voting and You Can Too - April 2022 San Francisco

How I’m voting in the April 2022 special election, the comments I’m making to the Redistricting Task Force, and a new painting about the San Francisco’s District 9.

Todd Berman 3/31/22 Todd Berman 3/31/22

Heart of the Mission District

How it took me over seven years to paint “Heart of the Mission.”

Todd Berman 2/22/22 Todd Berman 2/22/22

Sketching the redistricting debate for Mission Local

I observed and made sketchnote drawings of the February 18, 2022 meeting of the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force for MissionLocal.org.

Todd Berman 2/14/22 Todd Berman 2/14/22

Sketches of Hearts in SF Live

As I watched the Hearts in SF 2022 Live presentation to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, I made some sketches. Here they are.

Todd Berman 1/18/22 Todd Berman 1/18/22

How I’m Voting And You Can Too — February 2022 San Francisco Special Election

My picks and my reasoning for the February 2022 San Francisco special election. Spoiler alert: vote for Campos and vote NO on all the recalls.

Todd Berman 1/4/22 Todd Berman 1/4/22

Sketchnotes from the Planning Commission

Sketchnotes from the December 16 meeting of the San Francisco Planning Commission where approval was given to turn what was a residential care facility into a private residence.

Todd Berman 11/1/21 Todd Berman 11/1/21

Watch my heart develop

My design, “Four Hills, Four Towers, Flowing Fog, Native Flowers” was selected and I will get to paint a heart sculpture to benefit the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation.

I will continue to update this post with pictures of the heart in progress.

Todd Berman 10/14/21 Todd Berman 10/14/21

Notes from Rebound 3

Sketchnotes from Rebound 3, Arts Equity & Recovery, an online event that brought BIPOC artists in San Francisco together with leaders of the city’s public arts funders.