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| 10/11/13 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink, Sailor pen, Strathmore 400 140 lb. paper |
Lynne invited the
Friday sketchers to sketch in her ‘hood at 6 Arms, a McMenamins pub on Capitol Hill. Well lighted with huge windows, the
décor is Hindu-goddess-(with six arms)-meets-thrift-store-chandeliers, and we
ate it up (along with our sandwiches and salads).
After scarfing down my yummy grilled smoked mozzarella cheese
sandwich, I warmed up with a sketch of the goddess mascot, mounted high up on
one wall. I was almost done with the sketch when I noticed I had missed one
arm! Luckily, I still had space on the left side of the page.
Once the lunch crowd had thinned, I moved to a different
table so that I could sketch Nilda and Lynne. I don’t usually break out
watercolors in restaurants or coffee shops, not wanting to out-sketch my
welcome, but Lynne assured us she has painted at 6 Arms many times, so I gave
it a shot with this couple in a sunny booth. (Yes, sun! After a drizzly
morning, the sun finally appeared briefly.)
With many interesting artifacts to sketch as well as good
food, we decided 6 Arms is a keeper! We’ll be back.
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| 10/11/13 Diamine Chocolate Brown ink, Sailor pen, Canson Montval 140 lb. paper |
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| 10/11/13 Platinum Carbon ink, watercolor, Strathmore 400 |
Nice sketches, Tina. I'm sort of surprised that they'd name a place '6 arms' and represent it with Kali as her most common depiction is with 10 arms :-) Lucky for you they did as it's probably confusing enough sketching six of them.
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Not everyone can say they sketched a goddess! lol Nice job on the wall decoration and your friends. Looks like a fun spot to return to.
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