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| 9/19/21 Seattle Central Library from 4th & Spring |
Thankfully, Saturday’s squall dried up in time for yesterday’s
USk Seattle outing at the Central public library, but the wind remained harsh. Even
though it was 60 degrees, I bundled up like it was full-on winter and took on
the library’s crazy angles. It was fun to see several other sketchers bravely taking
it on, too!
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| Library from 5th & Madison |
Seattle Central Library is a formidable architectural beast. I’ve sketched inside the library many times, but I’ve sketched its exterior only one other time back in 2017 from the Fourth and Madison corner. This time I walked one block north to Fourth and Spring (top of page). Knowing that I probably wouldn’t get all those angles right, I had only one goal: To scale it proportionally on my sketchbook page. I think I did, but my 2017 sketch is livelier.
In the mood for more torture, I walked up the hill to Fifth and Madison to sketch the library again, this time at thumbnail size. Although this sketch is wonkier, I like it more than the first try.
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| Tsutakawa fountain |
With 20 minutes left until the throwdown, I looked around for something I could finish in that time: George Tsutakawa’s “Fountain of Wisdom” in front of the library’s Fourth Avenue entrance. The wind was so strong that the water was spraying sideways as much as flowing down!
As I write this on late Sunday afternoon, the pouring rain is back, this time punctuated by thunder. USk Seattle leads a charmed life.
That building has such interesting angles and must be really difficult to sketch. You did a great job. I'm thinking about you all bundled up like for winter and smiling because I was sitting on the beach in the warm sun today. I've got to grab it while I can since I didn't get there all summer.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a crazy building! But the good news is that if I get it wrong, who would know? ;-) Our weather is crazy, too... winter one day, summer the next!
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