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| 2/19/18 Panama Hotel and teahouse |
The
historic Panama Hotel and teahouse is
a wintertime favorite for the Friday sketchers. With two floors of cozy chairs
and tables, vintage photos, unusual décor, and tasty teas and pastries, it’s a
fun place.
During
past outings, I’ve always chosen comfy subjects like my food or other sketchers.
I’m not sure what compelled me on this visit, but I decided to sit in one
corner of the main café area and take on the whole long counter and room. It
was like shoving an entire watermelon into my mouth – the proverbial bite of
more than I can chew. Still, it helped to remember the principles I learned in Gabi Campanario’s “Pocket Urban Sketching” workshop that I took almost exactly a year ago. Even though I used a spread
twice as large as a pocket sketchbook spread, it was a formidable challenge to
get it all in. I usually manage two or three sketches at USk outings, but I
worked up such a sweat chewing this watermelon that it was the only one I did!
We
had another great turnout, including a couple of new faces, and even a few hardy
souls who sketched outdoors!
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| Vivian is holding my sketch for me! |
Tina, this is just so impressive! I love that you included the main elements but left out the unnecessary details. I has such a nice, clean look to it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joan! I was sweating bullets, and it took me a lot longer than usual, but I'm glad I tackled it!
ReplyDeleteI made a comment on flickr before I read the post here. You made it look easy! I was surprised to read that you spent a long time working on it.
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