San Francisco [RESULTS]
Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:16 am
It was a bright and clear day, warm in the sun and a little chilly in the shade.
When I arrived Kevin was already at work and we saw a group of about eight guide dogs for the blind in training.
I started to wander a bit and stopped at the corner of 3rd and Mission where I stood drawing in the chilly shade.
Then I walked up Mission to an open park in front of the Jewish Museum where I tried to get the heads of a few passers by and my fellow bench sitters.
Now I have to admit, the dogs wouldn't really hold still like this for very long and I couldn't draw that fast anyway so this was a sketch from the image in my camera while I was scarfing down a sandwich at a Starbucks nearby and this guy was passing by outside the window.
I didn't think I was drawing all that well so I started out after lunch to find the garage where I parked my truck. Instead, I found two or three hundred high school girls waiting in line outside the Auditorium for a Fashion Institute of Design Runway Show. Some were there with their mothers which made an interesting contrast in both dress and posture. The bottom half of the girls was considerably more still than the top half so when I finally settled down I found myself drawing their shoes and boots and that cheered me up a little.
I left early for some work I had to do at home but stopped by to look over the shoulders of the sketchcrawlers spread out along the benches and walkway above the gardens. I'm always impressed by the quality of work I see at these events!
And Happy 5th Anniversary to the Sketchcrawl!
When I arrived Kevin was already at work and we saw a group of about eight guide dogs for the blind in training.
I started to wander a bit and stopped at the corner of 3rd and Mission where I stood drawing in the chilly shade.
Then I walked up Mission to an open park in front of the Jewish Museum where I tried to get the heads of a few passers by and my fellow bench sitters.
Now I have to admit, the dogs wouldn't really hold still like this for very long and I couldn't draw that fast anyway so this was a sketch from the image in my camera while I was scarfing down a sandwich at a Starbucks nearby and this guy was passing by outside the window.
I didn't think I was drawing all that well so I started out after lunch to find the garage where I parked my truck. Instead, I found two or three hundred high school girls waiting in line outside the Auditorium for a Fashion Institute of Design Runway Show. Some were there with their mothers which made an interesting contrast in both dress and posture. The bottom half of the girls was considerably more still than the top half so when I finally settled down I found myself drawing their shoes and boots and that cheered me up a little.
I left early for some work I had to do at home but stopped by to look over the shoulders of the sketchcrawlers spread out along the benches and walkway above the gardens. I'm always impressed by the quality of work I see at these events!
And Happy 5th Anniversary to the Sketchcrawl!