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8/4/17 sketches and notes made with a brush pen |
On our second day in the Twin Cities when it rained, we toured the James J. Hill House, an enormous historic mansion in St. Paul. As a preface, I have to say that I generally don’t do well on tours involving a guide who walks a large group through some facility, pointing out various artifacts while rattling off a stream of amusing anecdotes and historic dates. Even before I was sketching, these types of tours made me glaze over. Now it’s even worse because if I don’t glaze over, I’m seeing something I’d like to sketch, but the guide is already rushing us onward.
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Hill house exterior |

I wish I’d taken more photos inside of this impressive, formidable house built in 1891, but I guess I haven’t learned to sketchnotephotograph. Here are a few.
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Pipe organ |
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Stained-glass windows |
Fun idea to combine the sketches with the words. I had to laugh that you sketched the toilet too. I'm not good at doing tours...I'm always lagging behind wanting to sketch...and sneaking off when I can. lol
ReplyDeleteHa-ha! How did I know that you wouldn't like tours, either! ;-)
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