On Saturday the NYC Urban Sketchers met at The Met Cloisters which is located in Fort Tryon Park, high on a hill overlooking the Hudson River. I decided to drive and did the trip by myself. I wasn't sure how long it would actually take me or what the parking situation would be, so I left earlier than my GPS told me to. I got there about 15 minutes before it actually opened. I was able to park directly across from the main entrance. Sitting there, munching on my bagel, in my side-view mirror I noticed Mel and Josh (who were hosting the event) standing in front with another person. I decided to do a very quick sketch of what I was seeing in the mirror. My art supplies were in the trunk and I only had minutes. I grabbed the only paper near me in the car which was a pad of small sticky-notes about 3 inches square. That was my paper. You can see that the signs are backwards because I was seeing them in reverse in the mirror. This took me under 5 minutes.
I don't remember ever being inside, although my sister says my dad took us there when she was maybe in 5th grade (which would put me in 1st grade). The interior is really lovely with chapels, arches, and courtyards. I sketched alongside some of the arches facing toward a small chapel.
The Cloisters' policy for artwork is pencil only, so I used mostly watercolor pencils dry for the sketches I did.
I love your post-it sketch in the mirror! You're such an opportunistic sketcher...just like me! ;-)
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