Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Sketch Historic Author's Homes in the West Village

Clearly I'm not ready of winter.  After a couple of cold months anything above freezing seems like a warm day.  It was above freezing but it was tough going when we went sketching on Saturday.

Henry James is home overlooking Washington Square Park

A few doors down the block from the James house we found the brownstone where Edward Hopper had his studio



We needed to find a place to warm up and found a great Tea Shop.   We ended up staying a couple of hours, sketching the patrons and each other.

Marie

Suma

The Tea Shop Patrons

The sun came out for a brief while and tempted us to leave the Tea Shop.  We walked crosstown to the street where O'Henry lived.  I've walked this block a number of time but never really realized what a gem it is.  There's a beautiful courtyard on the side.

O' Henry's House


We finished at the White Horse Tavern, in the late afternoon.  Unfortunately I have no sketches to share.  Clearly we need to go back, ... earlier, on a truly cold winter day.