Diane and Shirley met at 9:30am at the Forks to sketch today. It was slightly coolish feeling due to the light wind which quickly sent us inside. Of course the golden fall foliage continues to grab our attention so this was our first subject. We were sitting inside at the windows so despite the fact they were quite cloudy and dirty looking, it was a good view of the golden tree that had first caught our attention. The only other thing to take away from our "comfort" was the dragging of chairs from people sitting nearby us. Just another one of those things that you have to put up with while painting or sketching from life.
After finishing our first sketch, we noticed that the bigger glassed enclosure was now available. When we arrived initially, there had been a closed meeting going on inside. This is a great spot to try and sketch or paint people. Given that we were there over the lunch hour, there were lots of young people coming in and out and sitting for just long enough for us to try and capture a likeness. While sitting there in the corner, we noticed a young guy at the next table that was also drawing. Diane struck up a conversation with him while I was off getting lunch from Tall Grass Prairie.
We attempted to do several sketches, some more or less successful. I particularly like doing fast gestural sketches of people. The light was ideal as it rimmed our subjects. The subject we enjoyed the most was of an older woman who sat with her back to us. She had on a lovely soft warm pink sweater and a tam on her head. You could see the pink of her sweater reflecting on the bottom of her tam. Very lovely subject.
The last drawing I did was a simple line drawing with my LAMY pen. I was intrigued by the way I could still make the different elements stand out by using different types of lines and lines that went in different directions. This sketch was one of my favorite of the day.
We left when our three hour parking limit was up. Three hours seemed like a long time to sketch and paint but we could have stayed all day. The Forks is really one of the best places to do this type of artwork. It has everything; variety of subject matter, food, washrooms, interesting people .....
We'll be back!!
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| Where we did our people sketches |
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| Human Rights Museum with workmen |
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| First sketch of golden trees with old railway bridge in background |
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| People sketches done with LAMY pen and wash |
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| ink and watercolor sketches |
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| older woman with soft pink sweater and tam |
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| line drawing of strings of lights and tree branches |
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