New York Sketchbook, 2008, Part One
I’ve just returned from a short trip to Manhattan for a couple of days of sketchcrawling. The highlight of my trip was getting to meet fellow sketchblogger Shirley and her husband. We spent a lovely day making and looking at art.
We visited the Spring Previews for upcoming Impressionist and Modern auctions at Christie’s and Sotheby’s, where we saw quite a few memorable pieces on their way from one private collection to another. Shirley and I sketched details of some of our favorites. We had a lovely lunch too, and ended the day with a glass of wine and sketch talk while finishing up our pages.
Shirley has quite a number of completed sketchbooks filled with wonderful work. Looking through them was a pure delight and so inspiring! Isn’t it fun to peer into the sketchbooks of other artists?
Related Topics: Figures, New York, Still Life, Travel Sketching
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May 27th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
How fun that you and Shirley met! And now I feel like I was there too! Great sketches!
May 10th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Martha, thank you for visiting my blog again! – So nice to hear that you and Shirley met each other to draw and paint!- You know I like your style and everything you did during the past weeks, too!
Kind regards,
Claudia
May 8th, 2008 at 9:39 am
What great sketches! Sounds like you two had a marvelous time. I love all the information you’ve included here at your site. Next I will check out Shirley’s drawings.
May 7th, 2008 at 1:58 am
Great sketches Martha! It looks like you two had a great day, too – I wish I could have joined you. It was fun to see your picture on Shirley’s blog too!
May 6th, 2008 at 8:05 am
What interesting sketch pages – yours and Shirleys – Oh what fun you two certainly had – I know I greatly enjoyed my day with Shirley and Casey last summer in NYC!!
May 5th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Martha,
You will need to return for another sketchcrawl – I love seeing how we each chose slightly different pieces to sketch. And especially to finally see and understand how and why you “reload” a Moleskine day planner. Can’t wait to see how you painted your ballet sketches.