Kinsale Part IV

Just outside the town was Charles Fort which protected the town through history. I liked the view of the water through the arch of the entrance. I nearly blew away painting this one. lol

This is another view looking out from the harbor. The land is so green.

This gem down by the harbor looked like it needed a little TLC, but I imagine

that it had a wonderful view of the area.

We went to Kitty O Se's a second night to hear traditional Irish music.

They started out with 3 musicians and over the course of the evening 3 more musicians 

came in and sat down to join them. Then another musician from the USA who had her clarinet in her hotel room joined in. It was really a fun night.

City Sketching

My husband and I had tickets to a show on Broadway yesterday, and we went in early so I could sketch a bit before we had dinner. I started with a sketch of some people on the train. The motion of the train made me sketch in pencil and the trip is fairly short so I didn't bother with color. As you can see everyone is dressed for our NYC cold weather.

It was much too cold to sketch outdoors so I went into St. Patrick's Cathedral. Much of the cathedral is being renovated, but the altars were fine. This is the altar to Our Lady of Guadaloupe

I had a little more time so I did a sketch of the altar of St. John the Evangelist.

We saw the Broadway show "Once" which is about musicians in Ireland. The stage set is of an Irish pub. Before the show actually starts the musicians are on the stage jamming.

We took the subway back to Kew Gardens where we had parked the car. I got a seat going home so I was able to do two more sketches in my moleskin journal...again in pencil.