Chinatown Part 3

While we were walking we saw the view down Pell Street in Chinatown. I knew this would be a great place to sketch. It was a pedestrian-free zone but crammed full of fun things. Suzala, Leslie and I took over a small spot on the sidewalk in the center of a wild assortment of signs, hanging lanterns, people, tables and chairs, fire escapes and all kinds of craziness. I loved it! There was a constant flow of people passing by and looking at what we were doing. A passing storm as we were finishing made us scurry to pack up and head for a little bit of shelter from an overhang, but we all captured the energy of the location.

Suzala took a photo of us working.

This was the view after the rainstorm. We had been sitting on the sidewalk on the right.

 

Chinatown Part 2

 Next we headed for the busy streets that had the feel of being in Chinatown. There were so many wonderful signs and so much Chinese writing as well as lots of stores and restaurants and fire escapes everywhere. The big red sign for the Peking Duck House on Mott Street called to me and I knew I had to sketch it. I moved back and forth to try and decide where to put my stool. I was right next to a business that was just opening up and bringing items out to sell. The store owner came out and started sweeping the area in front of the store and came over and swept the sidewalk where I was setting up. She gave me the thumbs up sign when she was finished. I thought that was really nice of her. While I was sketching she kept coming over to check on my progress and smiling.