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Based on what I saw driving past Green Lake on my way
home from Ballard this afternoon, I’d say 90 percent of the Seattle population
was outdoors today (and the other 10 percent was wishing it was). Never mind
that the temps got up to only around the high 40s – this rain-soggy region had
been craving sunshine!
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| 3/19/17 brush pen, colored pencils |
When I arrived at Hale’s Brewery for the Urban Sketchers Seattle
meet-up before 11 a.m., the temperature wasn’t yet 40, but that sun was irresistible.
I zipped up my down parka and sketched the scene outside Hale’s, where there
were so many utility lines criss-crossing the street that I could hardly keep
track of them all. As I sketched, I kept thinking that I probably wouldn’t have
attempted a composition spanning this much distance before taking Gabi’s Pocket Urban Sketching workshop
last month. Although the concepts he taught about scaling weren’t new to me, I
think it was the first time the proverbial light bulb had turned on over my head.
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| 3/19/17 brush pen, colored pencils, ink |
Thirty minutes later, my hands were cold, despite that
delightful sun at my back, so I ducked inside the brewery to sketch the British
telephone booth next to some barrels.
By then I was hungry, so I joined other sketchers for lunch
inside the pub. Michele and Sue each had a tasting flight of five brews that I had
started to sketch. I didn’t get far on color or details, though, because then my
Nightroll Stout (named for the Fremont Troll) and burger arrived (and you know me – I’ve never been one to let my food
get cold for a sketch).
Ahhh – a day like this could sustain me for the rest of
winter!
I like your composition of the street scene and the sense of distance you achieved. It is always hard to be cold and still sketch. I usually make sure I have nice warm accessories tucked in my backpack...just in case. Those fingerless gloves come in mighty handy more often than I ever thought they would.
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