SketchCrawl 31

Last Saturday I took the train down to San Francisco to take part in the 31st Worldwide SketchCrawl, being joined on the train ride down by fellow Davis sketcher Pete Scully. We all met at a cafe at the northeast corner of Dolores Park in the Mission District and fanned out from there. At left is one of the first sketches I did there, of the prominent San Francisco landmark Sutro Tower. From the park there is a great view of this 299-meter tall antenna mast, so I was glad I remembered to bring my antenna sketchbook to record it. Across the street from the park is Mission High School, illustrated at right; its architecture is far more ornate than where I went to high school. I then walked a couple blocks to the west and found myself unexpectedly in front of Pica’s favorite store ImagiKnit, so I had to sketch the sign.

It was a fine day for an outing. I had lunch at a taqueria on Mission Street, headed back to Dolores Park for a final sketch from the hill, and left early to travel to another engagement in Davis in the evening, making the train back by about all of thirty seconds.