Sunday, January 19, 2014

The Hispanic Society of America

I got there at 9:45 about 15 minutes before opening time.  The court yard has a wonderful statue of El Cid, so I got out a large pad and started sketching.  A crazy mixture of snow and hail started.  It was coming down furiously and wetted the entire page, washing my ink and running the water color.  In the beginning I decided to "go with it" and see how the unexpected worked.  After awhile it was too crazy and I gave up as the museum opened.


Although I try to encourage myself with interiors and architecture,  my true love is always sketching people.

The Interior of the Hispanic Society

I was drawn to these two sculptures:






Because of the extended subway sketching we did last week I'm viewing the train ride to our location and back as an important sketching opportunity.  This first sketch was of a man sitting opposite me. Watercolor was added later to the pen sketch.



The last sketch was done at the bus stop.