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| 7/22/16 brush pen, colored pencils, watercolor |
Two distinctive and strikingly different churches dominate the
South Lake Union area’s historic Cascade neighborhood. The most eye-catching is
St. Spiridon Russian Orthodox Cathedral, with its deep blue onion domes. Since I’d sketched St. Spiridon about a year ago
(and since I should have been home packing my bag instead of sketching with Urban Sketchers Seattle this morning
and was short on time), I decided to focus on the second church: Immanuel Lutheran.
Completed in 1912, the church has been on the historic
register since 1982. Although it doesn’t look like anything I’ve sketched in
Europe, the round and arched windows evoke the same architectural details I saw
on Gothic buildings in Spain and Germany. It’s exactly the kind of building
that makes me freeze with the deer-in-the-headlights look if I try to go at it
with a fine point pen. But with only an hour to sketch, I immediately pulled
out my brush pen to hit it as hard and fast as possible. It’s probably a good
strategy even when I can be more leisurely.
The rain earlier in the morning may have kept some sketchers
away, but the seven of us who showed up shared sketches afterwards at Espresso Vivace. Those blue onion domes
captured a lot of attention!
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| In back, from left: Marvin, Ching, Kathleen and Sue. In front: Tina, Anne and Natalie (Thanks to John Pound for taking the photo.) |
That's an interesting church shape. I've never seen anything like it. Showing the world, one sketch at a time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you're ready to sketch the Manchester architecture! You go, girl! Get that bag packed.
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