Urban
Sketchers NYC
Saturday September 1,
2012
It’s taken me awhile to scan the drawings we've been
doing. On this particular Saturday we
tried something different. We all agreed
to a 10 minute rule. Each sketch
had to be completed in ten minutes. We
kept moving from one spot to the next, starting at the Northwest end of Central
Park and we finished at Grant’s Tomb overlooking the Hudson River.
You could argue it both ways. Either ten minutes wasn't enough time to get
down anything decent. Or you could say
that ten minutes isn't enough time to ruin the sketch. (see note included with the sketch of Riverside Church below)
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| Left - On the Subway. Right - stopped for coffee on the way to meet everyone |
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| Left - the view down Central Park West. Right - A Green Market |
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| Cathedral of St. John the Divine, supposedly the fourth largest Christian church in the world, sketched in 10 minutes - a hopeless task! |
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| A Great Sculpture in the South Garden of the Cathedral |
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| Low Memorial Library at Columbia U. |
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| Grant's Tomb |
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| Richard mentioned this quote. He said he got it from one of the Sketchers in Santa Domingo. So true. |
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| A crowd of people hanging around Grant's Tomb. As soon as I decided to draw them - they decided to leave. |
