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| 7/4/12 Copic Multiliner SP pen, Moleskine sketchbook |
The Friday sketchers are preceding our usual sketch
gathering tomorrow with a Gab ‘n’ Grab: We’re going to talk about our favorite
art materials and sketch kits, and then we’re trading supplies and books we no
longer want. (I’ll let you know later if I score big!)
I started putting together a bag of stuff to haul to
the grab, including some products that appear on last year’s Bottom 10 list. As I was going through a stash of
sketchbooks I no longer use, I found a pocket-size Moleskine that at first
looked unused. I was about to throw it into the grab bag when I thought I
should thumb through it, and it turned out I had taken it with me on a trip to
Boston in July 2012. Most of the sketches from that trip were of statues made in a larger sketchbook, so
this little sketchbook apparently had been put aside, unscanned and forgotten.
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| 7/4/12 Copic Multiliner SP pen, Moleskine sketchbook |
As soon as I saw the two small sketches in it, I remembered.
One sketch was made in our hotel lobby. The other was made in a University of
Massachusetts building where hundreds of 4th of July would-be
revelers on the Charles River were told to take refuge due to the imminent
danger of an electrical storm. None of us wanted to leave without seeing the
fireworks we had come for, but the show was on hold until the storm passed.
After a half-hour or so, we were allowed to go back outdoors. Shortly
thereafter, the best fireworks show I had ever seen in my life commenced – as well
as a deluge that left us all drenched.
The sketches themselves don’t show much, but somehow memories
get embedded with them, like tiny time capsules.
Glad you shared these sketches, Tina, as they're great. I particularly like the guy sitting in the foldable chair. I share your distaste for the Moleskine sketchbooks I'm sad to say. It's a shame they can't figure out that all the complaints actually have validity.
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Glad you found these or somebody else would have a nice surprise. lol Nice sketches and it is great how they bring back memories of the day. That is an interesting idea to trade materials you no longer want!!!
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