15th Los Angeles Crawl and post Comic Con special LA Crawl
- storydesign
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Downtown LA
Lots of great ideas folks
I wil chime in with:
Anywhere Historical would be great. Little Tokyo or Chinatown are my favorite sites these days.. lots going on downtown these weekends!
Aug 25 will see the ending of Nisei week!
Anime Festival
Sat-Sun, August 25-26
Street Arts Festival & Carnival
Sat-Sun, August 25-26
http://www.niseiweek.org/
also, a favorite noodle house and sketching spot
http://www.daikoku-ten.com/dk_home.html
PS there are lots of new galleries on main st open in the past couple of years.
http://www.downtownartwalk.com/
I wil chime in with:
Anywhere Historical would be great. Little Tokyo or Chinatown are my favorite sites these days.. lots going on downtown these weekends!
Aug 25 will see the ending of Nisei week!
Anime Festival
Sat-Sun, August 25-26
Street Arts Festival & Carnival
Sat-Sun, August 25-26
http://www.niseiweek.org/
also, a favorite noodle house and sketching spot
http://www.daikoku-ten.com/dk_home.html
PS there are lots of new galleries on main st open in the past couple of years.
http://www.downtownartwalk.com/
- Ice-Cream Monster
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WOW!! So many goodies to draw!! Darn, I am going to miss all these fun, I will be out of town that weekends. Please draw tons of drawings and post on the forum!! I will try to draw a bit while I am on the road.
BTW, off topic, Tofu festival Aug 18 - 19 weekends!! I think there is a Nisei parade at Little Tokyo on Sunday!!
BTW, off topic, Tofu festival Aug 18 - 19 weekends!! I think there is a Nisei parade at Little Tokyo on Sunday!!
- shihonakaza
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Sounds like Little Tokyo will be a great location for a Sketch Crawl!
In addition to the events storydesign mention, a giant Nebuta float will be on display at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (244 South San Pedro Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets).
We can meet at 10:30am at the wooden tower in Japanese Village Plaza, facing 1st Street between Central and San Pedro (101 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, CA 90012). Parking around the area is $3-$5.
Little Tokyo area map: http://elittletokyo.com/En/ltmaporig.htm
Parking information: http://www.elittletokyo.com/En/parking.htm[/url]
Let me know if you have questions,
Shiho
562-761-0696
shiho@shihonakaza.com
In addition to the events storydesign mention, a giant Nebuta float will be on display at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (244 South San Pedro Street, between 2nd and 3rd Streets).
We can meet at 10:30am at the wooden tower in Japanese Village Plaza, facing 1st Street between Central and San Pedro (101 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, CA 90012). Parking around the area is $3-$5.
Little Tokyo area map: http://elittletokyo.com/En/ltmaporig.htm
Parking information: http://www.elittletokyo.com/En/parking.htm[/url]
Let me know if you have questions,
Shiho
562-761-0696
shiho@shihonakaza.com
You could try creating a quick SketchCrawl flyer and passing it around the arts stores, maybe someone else will show up. That is what I am going to do since I wont be able to attend the San Francisco one due to last minute issues that came up
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- Ice-Cream Monster
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That's a GREAT idea seeker.
Danny, another good place to post up SketchCrawl notice is the Drawing board forum!!
http://www.drawingboard.org/viewforum.p ... 34ca448a82
Don't give up. Sometimes people don't respond on the forum, they will show up. And tell your friends and ask them to ask their friends and spread the news. Word of mouth often work well.
Danny, another good place to post up SketchCrawl notice is the Drawing board forum!!
http://www.drawingboard.org/viewforum.p ... 34ca448a82
Don't give up. Sometimes people don't respond on the forum, they will show up. And tell your friends and ask them to ask their friends and spread the news. Word of mouth often work well.
sketching in Marina Del Rey
I'm thinking of doing an early sketch crawl, sat. aug 25, beginning at panera's on lincoln and continuing to burton chace park or virginia park in santa monica (there's a farmer's market on satuday) anyone else in the area?
- storydesign
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Sketchcrawling in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles
I ended up in Little Tokyo for the Taiko drumming at the cultural center-end of the day.
I did a late lunch at Daikokuya Ramen on first st. I did a quick digital sketch of the clientele.
The manager, Motoi, became interested in my tablet sketching--
he is an artist too. I let him give it a whirl--his drawing below.
I did get to sketch the Nebuto float from Japan! Very cool!
I am sorry I slept in today and couldn't meet other sketchcrawlers..if the made it here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storydesig ... 667385365/
I did a late lunch at Daikokuya Ramen on first st. I did a quick digital sketch of the clientele.
The manager, Motoi, became interested in my tablet sketching--
he is an artist too. I let him give it a whirl--his drawing below.
I did get to sketch the Nebuto float from Japan! Very cool!
I am sorry I slept in today and couldn't meet other sketchcrawlers..if the made it here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/storydesig ... 667385365/
sketchcrawl
kinda mad i missed it had so much work to do, but i had a question about the tablet pc, i am looking into getting one and i wanted to know which you were using or which do you suggest thanks
storydesign! Great sketches! And interesting stuff there with the tablet.
There was a small group of us (five). We were at the Village Plaza tower until a little after 11am and were in Little Tokyo sketchcrawling until about 4pm. We were probably there at the same time at some point. Too bad we didn't meet up!
I'll be posting some stuff tomorrow, including a sketch of the Nebuto float. What an incredible looking thing.
The festival was really jumping and there was so much to sketch at any given moment it was a little overwhelming, but fun!
There was a small group of us (five). We were at the Village Plaza tower until a little after 11am and were in Little Tokyo sketchcrawling until about 4pm. We were probably there at the same time at some point. Too bad we didn't meet up!
I'll be posting some stuff tomorrow, including a sketch of the Nebuto float. What an incredible looking thing.
The festival was really jumping and there was so much to sketch at any given moment it was a little overwhelming, but fun!
Lee-Roy
http://blog.artandstory.com
http://blog.artandstory.com
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- storydesign
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This was my first time joining a group for the sketchcrawl. It was fun meeting new people and being with others, sharing stories and exchanging art material infos and tips.
I've only been to Mitsuwa and Kinokuniya so this was a great opportunity for me to explore the rest of it and what Little Tokyo is all about.
On First street, there are historical buildings where restaurants now occupy.
In the village
Up at the gardens in Hotel New Otani.
we passed around our sketchbooks at the end. Thanks to Shiho for keeping the group together! StoryDesign - sorry we didn't get to meet up with you.
I've only been to Mitsuwa and Kinokuniya so this was a great opportunity for me to explore the rest of it and what Little Tokyo is all about.
On First street, there are historical buildings where restaurants now occupy.
In the village
Up at the gardens in Hotel New Otani.
we passed around our sketchbooks at the end. Thanks to Shiho for keeping the group together! StoryDesign - sorry we didn't get to meet up with you.
- storydesign
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some great drawings folks! the New Otani garden is beautiful.
Nice drawing of First street akiko! It is growing fast.
Nice drawing of First street akiko! It is growing fast.
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