When I did my wandering around Essex Market in the morning I found a spot I HAD to sketch...The Pickle Guys. I sat right across from them and listened to them chat with all the customers telling them the family history and the new additions, like pickled mango. I spent a lot of time on the sketch because I wanted to get both of them in as well as a customer. When I finished I walked over to show them. They loved it and asked if they could take photos of it. They thought at first that I was sitting there taking notes on what they were doing...like maybe I was from the IRS, but then they realized what I was doing. lol I sampled the pickles they were offering and I wanted the most sour one they had to have as part of my lunch. It is hard to find a really good sour pickle, but this hit the spot. They gave it to me as a freebie. I rarely eat pickles and forgot how salty (but delicious) they were. I wish I had bought a few to take home.
After lunch I headed downstairs again but this time focused on something sweet at Ample Hills Creamery. They did have a lot of people stop by while I was there, but I had already sketched in the counter and didn't want to change the sketch. I think they were the only ice cream place at the market.
I had a little bit of time before we were meeting upstairs for our show and tell, but I headed up there early. I sat at a table and did a quick sketch of this lady having a snack. I probably would have worked on this a little more if I had the time, but everyone else was coming upstairs to meet.
