This sketch is from a little over a month ago, but with the challenge in June it didn't get posted. I went to sketch the carnival in the parking lot of St Joseph's College in Patchogue. It wasn't yet open for the day, which gave me the opportunity of sitting in my car rather close to the rides. Showers were expected so I figured inside the mobile studio would be the best way to sketch. I watched the sky coming toward me from the direction of the ferris wheel get darker and darker. Then there was a boom of thunder and a deluge of rain. It was impossible to see out the window since it was raining so hard. That lasted about 10 minutes and then the rain stopped and I was able to finish the sketch.
Carnivals remind me of the State Fair in New Mexico. About the only time we saw carnivals. A very old memory. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhere we lived growing up in the NYC suburbs small carnivals came around and the rides were on mobile trailers and they drove thru the neighborhood. Mostly they were Italian feasts I guess.
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