9 January 09
A Trip to Macworld
I took a trip to Macworld today on the train, and sketched my way down and back. Given that tomorrow is the 21st (!) worldwide Sketchcrawl, and there will be as usual a large San Francisco contingent, I thought I’d participate in the same spirit but just a day early. Drawing birds from a moving train is a bit of a challenge since the birds invariably move too, fast, away, but it’s a good exercise.
I ran out of ink while I was in the middle of drawing the church near the Moscone Center and had to head out in search of more, a lovely tuscan red Waterman ink I found at Patrick’s on Market. This all doesn’t have a lot to do with Macworld. To tell the truth it was a bit disappointing and I won’t be going back — even if there are any more, which is now a question. It’s the end of an era? Adobe wasn’t there. Wow. That was major. Anyway, I had fun sketching; it was a fantastic day to be on a train and to eat lunch outside, at the fabulous Samovar Tea Lounge, sheltered from the wind.
The gulls didn’t move away and I had fun drawing ring-billed, California and even a herring gull. I saw a glaucous-winged juvenile (it might have been a hybrid but who’s counting) but it didn’t alight near me and I didn’t have a chance to sketch it…
(Other, not necessarily birdy, sketches from my jaunt can be found here and here.)
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The gull pages that you showed up there (on right) are wonderful! Almost makes me want to pick up my sketchbook, but I have to clean bathrooms first. ;)
The gull pictures would make a great T-shirt print!