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| 6/12/17 ink, Tombow marker, water-soluble colored pencils |
So I like cheap thrills: I get excited when I spot a mail
truck within sketching distance. It’s not just that they’re cute and fun to
sketch; it’s the added challenge that its driver is likely to return soon. I’ve
bagged two previously – one last January
and one a couple of years ago.
Driving through the Wedgwood neighborhood yesterday, I
pulled over immediately when I saw this one. Almost as soon as I put pen to
paper, I saw the mail carrier returning. I drew faster and faster, quickly
throwing on shadows as she rearranged parcels for her next stop. I was still
making the last of my tick marks around the truck to help me place the cars and
other elements around it when the carrier hopped in and drove off. Yes! Bagged another
one!
You know what else I’d love to sketch? A garbage or
recycling truck! I managed to get one from the distance several years ago, but I’d like to get more detail. Despite
their ubiquity, they hardly stop at all, so they are truly elusive. Once I got
stuck behind a garbage truck on a narrow residential street and had to follow
it for quite a while; if I hadn’t been driving, I would have had plenty of time
to sketch its rear end.
Mail trucks have become too easy. I’m after bigger game
now.
LOL I can just picture you sketching behind the garbage truck as it goes down the street. In NYC some of the streets are really narrow and if you followed the truck you could be driving and still get a sketch done since you can't go anywhere anyway.
ReplyDeleteWell, I always have my sketch kit right next to me on the passenger seat, so if I get stuck in that situation again, I might try it! ;-)
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