The NYC Urban Sketchers met at Pier 83 on Saturday to sketch the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum. We didn't board the ship....just sketched from the pier. To say it was an overwhelming subject is putting it mildly. There were so many parts and details and it was just impossible to get the whole thing in. So first I focused on one end...with all the planes on deck...
and then I focused on the other end. I missed the entire middle and all the pieces that stuck up with the radar and other technical things. lol
When we were walking off to lunch and I looked back it would have been much easier to sketch it from a distance where some of it would have been a silhouette and the rest just large shapes. As I said to everyone...the next time I complain about how hard it is to sketch a sailboat, remind me of this day. lol
Several people asked about the pen I used in yesterday's post. It is an Elegant Writer. I had watched a youtube video by Karlyn Holman which if you are interested in the way the pen works is definitely worth watching. She also shows how you can "fix" the ink so that you can add watercolors at some point. Here is a link to it. I am hoping to use her process on a larger painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBe6bG6ouZo
Several people asked about the pen I used in yesterday's post. It is an Elegant Writer. I had watched a youtube video by Karlyn Holman which if you are interested in the way the pen works is definitely worth watching. She also shows how you can "fix" the ink so that you can add watercolors at some point. Here is a link to it. I am hoping to use her process on a larger painting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBe6bG6ouZo
