This past Saturday the NYC Urban Sketchers met at The Armory Track and Field Center in Upper Manhattan to sketch at the First Robotics Competition. New York City hosts 51 Robotics teams from the NY area, Turkey, the UK, Brazil, and China. Winning teams advanced from this competition to the global competition.
We selected seats in the upper stands because that made it possible to see over the heads of the people standing on the floor watching. The competition took place in the center of the tracks. The problem was it was very hard to narrow your focus when you are seeing the entire event at once...but we had comfortable seats.
The idea was for the teams to use the robot they created to lift up the yellow cubes and place them on the platforms on the ends of the balance in the center of the sketch. Whichever team had the most cubes on their platform won the round. I used artistic license to eliminate about 75% of the people who were in my range of sight. This sketch probably took me close to 1 1/2 hours to do.
We selected seats in the upper stands because that made it possible to see over the heads of the people standing on the floor watching. The competition took place in the center of the tracks. The problem was it was very hard to narrow your focus when you are seeing the entire event at once...but we had comfortable seats.
The idea was for the teams to use the robot they created to lift up the yellow cubes and place them on the platforms on the ends of the balance in the center of the sketch. Whichever team had the most cubes on their platform won the round. I used artistic license to eliminate about 75% of the people who were in my range of sight. This sketch probably took me close to 1 1/2 hours to do.
Then I sketched some of the people watching the competition and waiting for their team to appear.
At this point some of us took a break and headed out to get lunch. More tomorrow...
I could just imagine the sketching challenges you were faced with a huge crowd in a big venue like that. I like the colorful scene you sketched and of course, the creative license you applied.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mel. It was a challenge sketching there.
DeleteWhen I saw one of these on FB the other day, I looked forward to when you would blog about it, because it looked like an intriguing event, but I couldn't figure out what was going on. Now I understand . . . and I can see the challenge of sketching a crowd like that! You got a lot in!
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Thanks. I'm glad what I blogged helped you understand.
DeleteAmazing details on the Armory ......wonderful work!!!
ReplyDeleteHilda, thanks so much.
DeleteSuch a challenge Joan! I remember going to three ring circuses when I was young and how hard it was to watch everything. Thi smade me think of that. You did a great job of condensing what must have been very confusing. As always, your people sketches are super.
ReplyDeleteVal, thanks. It was a bit like a three ring circus. lol
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