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6/25/16 inks, water-soluble colored pencil |
Each June I look forward to sketching at the Greenwood Car Show, “A mile and a half
of classic rides” on both sides of Greenwood Avenue. Although it officially
opens at 8 a.m., I like to get there before 7:30 to beat the crowds.
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6/25/16 inks, colored pencils |
With hundreds of cars to choose from, it can be
overwhelming, so this year I picked a theme: convertibles. A couple of years
ago when rain looked imminent, most of the convertibles kept their tops up (and
indeed, I got rained out after only a couple of sketches), but not so today. Although the morning started out
overcast and cool, rain was nowhere in the forecast, so all tops were down.
I warmed up with a bright red ’63 Bonneville, which turned
out to be my favorite sketch of the day. Next was a cream-colored ’63 Triumph
roadster that I would have loved to have taken for a spin!
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6/25/16 grease pencil, colored pencils |
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6/25/16 inks, colored pencils |
Mid-morning I stopped for a break at Herkimer Coffee, where I sketched the street scene from a bench outside.
That’s also where I spotted Joey, an old dog dozing on the sidewalk while
waiting for his humans to return.
Refreshed, I hit the street again, and the first thing I saw
was a pair of mandatory hired bikinis. Wearing very high heels (and not much
else), the two young women looked bored, checking their messages. As I
sketched, I overheard a woman passing by saying to her husband, “Keep your eyes
on the cars, dear.”
My last convertible of the day was a blue ’69 Camaro SS. By
then the crowds were getting thick, so I stepped away from the street to sketch
it from a challenging rear angle.
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6/25/16 ink, colored pencils |
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6/25/16 inks, water-soluble colored pencils |
As I walked back toward my own car, I stopped to catch a
couple of buskers adding a little jazz flavor to the festivities. It was nearly
noon by then, and when I saw the crowds on the slope of the hill on the next
block, I knew it was time to go. As my own celebration of another terrific
Greenwood Car Show, I drove home with the top down.
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6/25/16 ink, colored pencils |
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6/25/16 ink, colored pencils |
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Time to leave! |
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Photo by Kathleen Klein |
Wow!!! You really did a lot of sketching. The cars are so good...love that first one!
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