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7/10/20 ambidextrous sider |
One part of the Urban Sketchers Manifesto is that “our
drawings tell the story of our surroundings, the places we live and where we
travel.” Sometimes when I say that to new sketchers, they reply, “Oh, I don’t
have any stories to tell. . . I just felt like drawing that.” But “stories” don’t
have to be a big expose, a dramatic narrative or newsworthy. As small and
insignificant as they may seem, my ‘hood is full of stories. Here are
some I’ve sketched in the past few weeks. A roofer and a sider doing their jobs
(the sider used both a nail gun and a traditional hammer simultaneously!); the
S-shaped trunk of an ornamental cherry leaning over a fence (it looked fairly
old; I wonder how old); a small historic building near the former Maple Leaf
Reservoir (this deserves further research and a larger sketch someday).
They probably won’t make headlines. But they are what’s
going on in Maple Leaf, and they are enough for me to sketch.
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6/16/20 roofer |
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7/1/20 ornamental cherry tree |
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7/1/20 historic building somehow associated with the Maple Leaf
Reservoir |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2m4xS0trbzvlxwZcZAt8SK1xnlkdWBobqg8j58OM0wuDR_1Fk66xOTD9GEewKM8k5d8s5gPl2_fMXJRawOPEZeorf2SqTbEW_yLb1kM4UAJh15CIf_wv5SjgnclZRPCdu9AjqhQLKwA/s400/7-1-20+Mars+Lumo+12B%252C+Supracolor%252C+FN+Expedition%252C+backhoe%252C+Maple+Leaf+neighborhood%252C+Seattle.jpg) |
7/1/20 backhoe waiting for excavation to begin |
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7/7/20 My first walk through Maple Leaf Park since the
pandemic began... it's reassuring to see that the water
tower is still standing. |
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