Animals of the SketchCrawl
disconnected groups, simultaneously drawing oblivious to each others' presences on different floors of the museum. Probably just as well as there were over 40 people between the two groups and it might have been a little nutty, what with people elbowing each other out of prime sketching spots and bickering over the best sorts of drawing pens.
The group was pretty diverse. Except for the Beerhorsts, Jack and I were the only attendees from the last Crawl. Nonetheless, we had sketchers from all over the City as well as Dave Kjellquist from Philly and Wendy Chaiken from Michigan(!) who got to finally meet her virtual pal, Loretta after years of e-correspondence. It was nice to see so many people who love to draw and journal; there's never enough time at these things to get to know everyone well, alas. We began in the hall of the mammals of North America; the huge beasties cavorted behind glass and held very still so we could draw them well. I could spend a month in that room alone, drawing sheep and bears and bison and the native flora.
After Jack and I had a horrid lunch in the food court (a soggy ham and swiss and a corn dog), we returned to find that the group has dispersed. So we headed up to the dinosaur room and looked at bones for a bit.
It was a lovely time and, stupidly, I forgot to hand out a sign in sheet to record the emails of everyone who attended. If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to share our drawings and assemble a bit of list for future reference , so lease email me.
Here are links to the posts I've seen so far. Check 'em out and see wonderful work:
-- Enrico's parallel sketchcrawl
-- Marilyn Patrizio's critters
And, meanwhile, we missed the third parallel:
-- the Tucson, AZ Sketchcrawl
A record of my exploration into all aspects of drawing, illustrated journaling, creativity, and the inspiring aspects of art. By the author of "Everyday Matters," "The Creative License", and "An Illustrated Life" and other books.
Comments
Danny and friends, Sure looks like one and all had a wonderful time.Sure wish we had things hear in Pittsburgh. I just wanted to say thank-you for your blog and all your great work and adventures. Linda from Pittsburgh
Posted by: Linda | December 12, 2005 08:02 PM
these look wonderful! sorry to have missed this months sketchcrawl! i'm in final exams at school... booo!!! looking forward to one in january?!
Posted by: crissy | December 12, 2005 11:09 PM
I can't believe we didn't run into the other sketchcrawlers! My friend that I was looking for all day was in the other group! :)
Posted by: Marilyn | December 13, 2005 02:48 AM
thanks for organizing Danny. Great to finally meet you. I feel a long, cold winter a'coming. Let's plan another one soon.
P.S. kudos on the dino drawing. I took one look at all those bone and hightailed it over to the elephants.
Posted by: Amanda | December 13, 2005 10:21 PM
Love the "cave painting" quality -- when and how did you prepare the background for pages?
Posted by: Sylvia | December 15, 2005 10:57 AM
Absolutely love your sketches Danny. What kind of paper were you using.
Thanks for mentioning the Tucson sketch crawl. Funny how so many of us did animals!
Posted by: TeriC | December 16, 2005 11:01 AM
Awww, that looks spectacular. I was really looking forward to going, but unfortunately I wound up moving to Portland last month. I wonder if there's a sketchcrawl out here...
Posted by: Vera | December 19, 2005 10:41 AM
Sounded like a great day out. Hope to join the crawl in the new year sometime. This time of year is far too crazy for me. happy holidays everyone!
Posted by: leeza | December 19, 2005 07:12 PM
Let me know when the next sketch crawl is! The drawings are great!
Posted by: Susan McCreight | December 27, 2005 04:38 PM