Saturday, 8:30 a.m... Wake up! It's time to get ready, take BART and make it to SF on time. I arrive at Montgomery station at 11:45 a.m. Miyabi Sushi Express is closed, no veggie udon for me. I get to Portsmouth Square at exactly 11 a.m. It was a clear and sunny morning. Perfect. The temperature could not stop us. Gloves or no gloves, people were sketching, sketching, sketching. All around the Portsmouth Square, you'd look anywhere and there would be at least a pack of crawlers at work.
I met Enrico and shook his hand, modest of words. I met Brian and Nonie , nice people. I saw Ronnie del Carmen snapping photos and painting. I immediately sat down and started sketching. The first few really looked like warm-ups. Just being there, I felt a bit rushy, and felt the rush too.
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Here are a few sketches.
This first one... I sat down at the little park you all saw, with cool Chinese architecture implemented into the Jungle Jim. There were some kids that just did not stop running, and running. So energetic. So I drew one of them, trying to show endless energy with some rocket booster feet. Coulda given more life to the arms and smile, haha. There's some dodge used, btw. Grrr, probably didn't even need to do that.
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When this was done I looked up and a lot of people had left the Square, and I had no clue where to go so I basically stayed there, with a lot of other people.
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The next one... Well, I sincerely have to apologize to the person I drew here. This is actually the second attempt! The first time, she got up before I had any key elements down. The second time I think she just caught me.
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And for the last one, you all saw several adults playing card games here and there, so I went ahead and drew a small bit of that.
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The only disappointment was not having drawn Chinese architecture! I left at around 2:30 p.m. 'Wish I could have known more of you guys. Still, it was good enough to meet some new faces. I'm really eager to see everyone else's work. I know I peeked around and saw some really sweet stuff! Like always, thanks for setting up the crawls Enrico and Ronnie!