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Puzzling Out Times Square!
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| Times Square by Jennifer Lawson. |
[By Veronica Lawlor, NYC] Today is the official 10th Anniversary of Urban Sketchers - happy birthday!
My Aunt Marianne is among the members of the New York Urban Sketchers chapter that are braving the cold in Times Square today to draw and post in celebration. I can't be out there with them, but to celebrate am posting some of the drawings made by my most recent Puzzling Out The Picture workshop participants in October. The drawing above was made by Jennifer Lawson. (Love her use of color.)
Times Square was the location of the second day of another wonderful workshop I had the pleasure of leading in late October. We got SUPER lucky with the weather - it was warm and sunny - and some wonderful artwork was made. I love giving these workshops because every time I teach them, the participants make it a totally unique experience. So I'll start with Day 2, thumbnails, picture design, and color at Times Square. And, of course, lots of people to draw:
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| Thumbnails in color, studying light, shadows, and design by Danna Feintuch. |
We started to approach all the activity of Times Square with thumbnails - such a great tool for Urban Sketchers! Danna Feintuch studies color, light, shadow, and design in the page above. I like how she moved around the pedestrian plaza to get a good overall feel.
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| Thumbnails of the bustling activity by Karen Derr. |
Karen Derr brings her unique sense of order and design to these thumbnails of the bustling activity, above. The three different viewpoints are exciting: from above, below, and straight on.
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| The character of the people with a lot of dimension by Renaud Mignot. |
Renaud Mignot studies the character of people in his line drawing above, and plays with shape and color in the watercolor piece below. I like how the people are a part of the picture, very organic. We talked quite a bit in the workshop about how to create that totality in a picture.
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| A study in color and shape by Renaud Mignot. |
Jennifer Lawson playing in the picture below with colored pencil and ink. Both this picture and the one at the top of this post were made by Jen on the same day - you can see the strong design and her personality in both, but each has a different feel - different media create different graphic feelings.
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| People, color, shape and design, by Jennifer Lawson. |
Danna goes for broke and draws a big group on the bleachers, below. I love how they overlap - really feels like a crowd!
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| A crowd at Times Square by Danna Feintuch. Love the transparencies - feels like the movement of the people. |
And here are some more drawings from the participants, from Day 1 of our Puzzling workshop at Central Park's famous Bethesda Terrace. Again we had such wonderful weather, and there is so much to draw in the park - skaters, boaters, performers, tourists, artists, locals, vendors, musicians, etc. etc. etc.! Not to mention the beautiful trees and architecture. An urban sketching paradise:
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| Just some of the many wonderful thumbnails Karen Derr drew in the park. |
Day One, Lesson One - thumbnails. What better way to figure out what to draw on location? Karen Derr (art above) moved around the Bethesda Terrace all day, catching so many more pictures by thinking this way - really gives you an overall view of what's happening.
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| Karelei Tulenko brings a sense of playfulness and whimsy to her drawing, and catches a lot of the story of the terrace. |
The storytelling possibilities on a sunny day in Central Park are endless: Karelei Tulenko captures the myriad activities happening on a typical afternoon in the park, with her unique sense of playfulness.
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| Danna Feintuch goes high for the bird's eye view of the people, the fountain, the water, the trees - all of it - with dimension. And lots of marks to describe the textures, too! |
Danna Feintuch goes for the bird's eye view, and a ton of dimension from her perch on the overpass.
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| Karen Derr goes for the story. I love this sweet scene of the Mom taking a photo of her daughter having a portrait drawn, with rowboats in the background. Typical sunny day in Central Park. |
Story again - Karen Derr draws a sweet moment of a mother photographing her daughter having a portrait drawn. There are so many little stories like this on location, that you can find by simply observing and making notes through drawing.
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| Renaud Mignot layers in many leaves and textures to liven up this quiet corner of the Bethesda Terrace. |
A quiet moment, made rich and exciting by Renaud Mignot's use of layering and marks.
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| Julie Hachey found a perfect spot in the grass, and captured this amazing window into the dimensional view from up on the hill, with sensitive line and mark. |
Julie Hachey spent quite a while sitting on the grassy hill, drawing this scene as it unfolded in front of her.
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| Jennifer Lawson created this richly textured panoramic, complete with saxophone player and city poodle! Love the depth in this one too. |
And Jennifer Lawson created this richly textured panoramic at the end of the day - beautiful! I especially love the saxophone player and the poodle.
I really enjoyed teaching the October version of my Puzzling Out The Picture workshop, and hope to offer a new workshop when the weather turns warm in New York again. Thanks to everyone who participated, it was so nice to meet you all. (And reunite with some of you!)
Congratulations again Urban Sketchers on 10 years of fun - here's looking forward to the next 10!
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