Oscar Wilde Restaurant

Most of the time when the NYC Urban Sketchers meet we end the sketching day around 3:00 and have a "show and tell." Sometimes we meet outdoors but more often than not we head to a local watering hole for a drink and maybe a bit of food. We have gone to some interesting places...some dives, some rather expensive places, some dark places not too conducive to showing your work, and then there was the Oscar Wilde Restaurant. It boasts that it has New York City's longest bar at 118.5 feet, featuring Carrara marble and gold draft taps across the length of the restaurant. Their whiskey bar is a repurposed 1819  player piano, and home to over 300 varieties of whiskey. There is gold and glitz everywhere!!! If you would like to see some photos here is a link.

We had about 14/15 people meet there at the end of the day. Immediately everyone took out their sketchbooks because they had to capture something of our ornate surroundings. I did a sketch of the bar area that was facing me as well as a few of my sketching friends. It was really difficult to focus on a small area because the place is just so overwhelming.

Sketchers love to share and are usually so willing to let each other try pens, inks, papers, etc, so I always come away with something I want to buy. lol Rob Sketcherman and his wife joined us for drinks and he let people try the program he uses on the iPad Pro. He was just so generous and willing to share what he does and how he does it. It was a real pleasure meeting him. If you are interested in seeing some of his work here is a link to his blog.