On Saturday the NYC Urban Sketchers met at Pier 84 in Manhattan to take part in Fleet Week. Fleet Week New York is now in its 31st year and is a celebration of the sea services. Visitors in the area get to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen. Many of the ship are open for tours. In addition to USA ships there are a few Canadian ships. #fleetweek2019
A few of us headed over to another pier where there were several ships docked. We went through the security line and settled down to sketch the HMCS Glace Bay from Nova Scotia. It looked so festive with all the different flags decorating it. Here is my sketch of the Glace Bay.
A group of sailors from the ship came over to see what the three of us were doing. One of them asked my friend, Leslie Gordon-Sim if her painting was for sale. He wanted to buy it and hang it inside the ship. He went to check with the captain about how to do it but there was some problem with exchanging money and they couldn't buy it. Leslie generously donated it to them, so the sailor took us all on board the ship to meet the captain. They were really sweet and we took a photo of the captain holding Leslie's painting. They cave us each a patch commemorating Fleet Week.
My next sketch was of a much larger ship. I don't know the name of it but it was at least 3 times larger than the Glace Bay, and was a USA ship. I couldn't fit the whole ship on my page.
At the end of the day all the remaining sketchers got together for our "show and tell." At the end we had someone take a photo of the group with the Intrepid Air and Space Museum and a bit of the NY skyline behind us.
Your group of Urban Sketchers is amazing. What a fun event to sketch at. When we were in Lima, Peru, the US Navy had some sort of fleet in the port and we got to go on one or two of the ships. Very nifty. Nice you did, too. Love the paintings!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jo. It was interesting to see the ships and all the military personnel who were enjoying the day.
DeleteGreat sketches, Joan! All those flags must have been fun! And looks like you had a beautiful day, too.
ReplyDeleteIt was a perfect day...sunny with a bit of a breeze and lots to sketch!
DeleteWhat a wonderful day for you! It looks like the weather was great and the blue sky made the sketches just pop - well done Joan!
ReplyDeleteIt was an interesting day with lots of subjects to sketch. Thanks, Val.
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