Chelsea Market was the location for the NYC Urban Sketchers this past weekend. It is housed in the old Nabisco Factory on 15th St and 9th Ave. It is filled with restaurants, food stalls, shops, businesses, and lots of locals and tourists. You can meander the two floors for a long time debating on "the best" spot for sketching. They graciously provide quite a lot of tables and chairs which makes it even more convenient for us. I started downstairs across from Alf Bakery where there were quite a few sketchers already busy at work. As you can see there were Chinese lanterns hanging from the ceiling since it was still Chinese New Year.
After searching for a great lunch location I ended up by Pearl River Mart, a store selling Oriental merchandise. In the area outside the shop there must have been at least a dozen sketchers lined up sketching the view, mainly due to the wonderful dragon there. We sat and sketched and chatted from there for the rest of the afternoon.
Here is my friend, Mel Barranco sketching next to me.
Our show and tell was held downstairs where I had been sketching in the morning. We had about 35 sketchers participate and show their sketches. It was a great day!
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