New York City - USA [RESULTS]
New York City - USA [RESULTS]
It was a cold day in NY! This was my first Sketchcrawl -- I did wait around by the kiosk at the Met lobby until well after 11 am but didn't see anyone else, so I proceeded to sketch by myself. I started out in pencil, with a drawing of St. John on Patmos:
Then I went on to the Arms & Armor Court, using a Pentel brush pen:
And finally to the Astor Court, this time with the Pitt sepia pen:
By that time I was getting pretty hungry so I called my husband, who was spending the day biking around the NYC bike path, and we had lunch in the cafe & then called it a day! I added color to all the drawings with watercolor & waterbrush.
Then I went on to the Arms & Armor Court, using a Pentel brush pen:
And finally to the Astor Court, this time with the Pitt sepia pen:
By that time I was getting pretty hungry so I called my husband, who was spending the day biking around the NYC bike path, and we had lunch in the cafe & then called it a day! I added color to all the drawings with watercolor & waterbrush.
Results
Hey, everybody, for you NY people, sorry I missed you guys, I was running bout an hr late, due to my completely oversleeping.
Anyway, I made my way solo through some of the Met, and made some miscellaneous sketches elsewhere.
The brushwork was done using Higgins BROWN india Ink. My first time experimenting with it, and I thought it worked ok with the warm light in the museum. The water color washes were done with a combo of brush pen and sable hair brushes. A regular micron pen was used for the more linear drawings. I sort of got in trouble with one of the security guards after I admitted to her that I had dribbled a little ink onto the floor. She kicked me out of the American wing! I sure hope she's bad at remembering faces!
Egyptian Wing
American Wing
At the fashion gallery
Contemporary galleries
Quick sketch before dinner at Tokyo La Men, south of Union Sq.
B&N 66th St. waiting to go to a chamber concert.
--Then I went to a beautiful venue -the Peter Jay Sharpe Theater at the Juliard School, where I watched passionate performers playing beautiful music -but was so caught up in the music that I didn't think to break out my sketchpad until midway through the last movment -by then, it was too late.
Sketch on the train ride home, after being blown away by a friend's studio life drawings.
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Anyway, I made my way solo through some of the Met, and made some miscellaneous sketches elsewhere.
The brushwork was done using Higgins BROWN india Ink. My first time experimenting with it, and I thought it worked ok with the warm light in the museum. The water color washes were done with a combo of brush pen and sable hair brushes. A regular micron pen was used for the more linear drawings. I sort of got in trouble with one of the security guards after I admitted to her that I had dribbled a little ink onto the floor. She kicked me out of the American wing! I sure hope she's bad at remembering faces!
Egyptian Wing
American Wing
At the fashion gallery
Contemporary galleries
Quick sketch before dinner at Tokyo La Men, south of Union Sq.
B&N 66th St. waiting to go to a chamber concert.
--Then I went to a beautiful venue -the Peter Jay Sharpe Theater at the Juliard School, where I watched passionate performers playing beautiful music -but was so caught up in the music that I didn't think to break out my sketchpad until midway through the last movment -by then, it was too late.
Sketch on the train ride home, after being blown away by a friend's studio life drawings.
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Great sketches! You're prolific. Even with a quick sketch, you capture the essential forms. Nice gesture drawing. I like switching from brush to pen. You're very accomplished at both!
Bill Fulton http://billfulton.blogspot.com/
sumacm, I'm sorry I missed you. It would have been great to see you in action working in essentially the same medium that I chose! I also really like the knight. He looks shiny and vibrant.
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Too bad you weren't able to connect at the Met, but both of you did a great job on these.
Sumac - I love these at the Met. The color you added really brings them alive, but you have such nice lines in all of them.
Slavidzee- Great group. You did some of everything. Nice job on the people and the building. You saved the best for almost last. Wonderful sketch of the musicians, even if you didn't get all of it. It's just super!
Sumac - I love these at the Met. The color you added really brings them alive, but you have such nice lines in all of them.
Slavidzee- Great group. You did some of everything. Nice job on the people and the building. You saved the best for almost last. Wonderful sketch of the musicians, even if you didn't get all of it. It's just super!
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Thanks for the encouragement you guys! I definitely had a lot of fun with these sketches. I'm even more amazed to see the stuff people are uploading this weekend. Truly inspiring.
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