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| 4/17/26 Hing Hay Park, Chinatown-International District |
Meeting friends for a late lunch in the Chinatown-International
District, I arrived early and stopped at Hing Hay Park. Although I’ve sketched the bright red Gateway sculpture at the park entrance many times, it
never ceases to be challenging. It’s painted the same solid vermilion on every face,
but each face reflects the light differently.
I like the vivid contrasts of both the complementary colors and of nature: One tree shimmered with fresh leaves while the other stood stoically winter-bare. I felt the same dichotomy: When I left the house in the morning, it was cold enough to grab my down parka. By early afternoon when I sketched in the sun, I was too warm.
Sketchbook notes: Grumpy about this Stillman & Birn Zeta’s awkward and less versatile landscape format, I’m still determined to fill it up as quickly as possible. This panorama landscape view turned out to be ideal for it, so I was a little less grumpy. It’s still awkward to hold a landscape book, though.
Nice view of the park. The S&B book in this size looks like it would be difficult to hold. I usually paint holding my sketchbook on my lap, but lately I try to bring along a backing board to place under the book so I can work on a double page easier.
ReplyDeleteThat's a smart idea if you're sitting. Once in France I was using a larger landscape book, and people kept bumping into me because it was sticking out so far! :-0
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