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| 9/23/16 brush pen, ink, colored pencils |
Named for the Norwegian city, Bergen Place is a small but colorful park in the center of Ballard.
On Sundays, the park is lively with farmers market shoppers, but on this gusty,
drizzly Friday morning, it was quiet except for the regular, startling outcries
of a man in flip-flops making erratic hand gestures. (I think the park is his
home; I’ve seen him on farmers market days, rummaging through trash cans,
shouting at persons unseen by the rest of us.) Despite the questionable
weather, four hardy sketchers showed up.
Attracted to the juxtaposition of real trees and art trees,
I stood across the street to sketch the park until the drizzle turned to
full-on rain. Then I retreated to Starbucks, where a front window gave me a
slightly different view of the park, this time with some of the Scandinavian
flags visible.
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| 9/23/16 brush pen, colored pencils, ink |
We decided to meet at the Ballard public library for our
sketchbook throwdown. While I waited a few minutes for the others to show up, I
stood near the library’s entrance to catch the sidewalk scene.
I hate to say it, but it feels like fall, and outdoor
sketching season is probably over.
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| 9/23/16 brush pen, colored pencils |
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| Kathleen, Kate, Tina and Suzanne: hardy sketchers! |
Love the combination of the real trees and the art trees. We have had 3 days of beautiful, warm weather, so I headed to the beach. :)
ReplyDeleteThe beach??! Envy!!
DeleteThere is sadness in your tone resulting from the falling temperatures. You remind me of me :-)
ReplyDeleteYup... when we have to trade our sun hats for raincoats and Polartecs, it's a sad day in the urban sketching world. :-)
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