Battery Park Sketches

 

After spending the morning sketching the Charging Bull and his friends I headed down to Battery Park. There were a lot of vendors along the perimeter of the park selling all kinds of food, hats and sunglasses, and all kinds of touristy trinkets. I sat in the shade of a big tree to sketch a few of the vendors.

I still had a little time to sketch so I went over to Bowling Green Park, a small park in front of the National Museum of the American Indian. This park is the oldest NYC public park and was opened in 1733. I sketched a few of the people sitting around before our group had our show and tell.

This is actually a sketch of a guy whose girlfriend was asleep on his lap. Her curly head of hair was what drew me to the sketch.

People Sketching

On the way to meet the NYC Urban Sketchers at the museum I was on one line of the NYC subway. The ride on that section was short...only about 30 minutes. I did manage to sketch a few people. FYI it is much easier to sketch people on the subway rather than the Long Island Railroad. On the subway most of the time there are people sitting directly across from you (if standing passengers aren't blocking your way). On the railroad there are two center seats that face each other and the rest of the seats are in rows behind them, with high backs that you can't really see over.

After our sketching in Bowling Green Park we went to a local bar/restaurant for drinks or food if desired. While we were waiting to be served the sketchers usually sketch each other. This was a visitor from England who joined us for the day.

Here are a few of the other sketchers who were seated across from me. I only sketched a few and I think we had at least 14 people there to share their work.

Just in case you want to read my Wrap-Up for "Tracy at the Ranch" you can find it here.

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City Sketches

The NYC Urban Sketchers were scheduled to meet at the Museum of the American Indian in downtown Manhattan last weekend. A lot of the sketchers stayed outside to sketch but I wanted to do at least something from the museum. I sketched some of the clothing and artifacts.

I went out and met the other sketchers for lunch in Bowling Green Park. It was beautiful out so I sketched across the park toward the building that houses the museum. I liked the contrast of the red tulips against the white of the building.

I even got to wander outside the park and found the statue of the bull and the new one of the little girl standing in her defiant pose. I know photographers have taken photos with both of them in the same frame, but they must have taken the photo early in the morning before there were any people around. The day I was there it was crazy. Every parent was posing their child next to the statue of the little girl imitating her pose. I was able to snap a photo quickly when one child moved away and before the next one moved in. lol