Gaudi's Barcelona

 On Saturday the NYC Urban Sketchers took a virtual trip to Barcelona to sketch some of Antoni Gaudi's work. In the morning the focus was La Sagrada Familia and the afternoon was Gaudi's Barcelona. I actually visited Barcelona for a day in the early 1970s but don't remember seeing any of his work. I guess I was at that age when partying and shopping in Barcelona was more important. I couldn't join the group in the morning or the afternoon, but wanted to do something for the event. On Sunday evening I finally found a little time to work on these colorful balconies on his Casa Batilo'.

Bryant Park - Part I

Yesterday my friend, Susan and I joined the NYC Urban Sketchers in the city. We parked and took the subway in to meet everyone, so we had the opportunity to do a few subway sketches on the way.

Bryant Park was our location for sketching. Mark proposed a "pivot party" where you sit in one location and sketch, then turn or pivot your chair to get another view. I did that for a few sketches, but it was just easier to put my chair where the view caught my eye. We had a good turnout of sketchers...about 24 people were there at some point.

My first sketch was of the Bryant Park Fountain. I sketched this in watercolor pencil and then added regular watercolors and more watercolor pencil.

Next I did a sketch of the carousel with the green areas in front.

Then it was time for a lunch break and sharing some of our work. One of the sketchers, Santi, was visiting from Barcelona. He has been sketching all over the city and did a wonderful accordion sketchbook that he shared with us.

It is always great to see the sketches that other people have done!