Interior Panoramas

Seattle Central Library

The landscape  5.5 x 8.5 " watercolor sketchbook lends itself rather well to a panoramic view when opened fully and drawn over two pages.  This is the case with the view of the interiors of the Seattle Central Library.  I was there for a lecture and purposefully went down earlier so I could sit in the main living room area of the library and sketch.  It is an immense broad space with sweeping views through the exterior glass walls.  Though it is a bit complex it is fun to draw.

Storyville  Coffee Pike Place Market

Storyville Line drawing

Here are two panoramic views of the interior of the Storyville Coffee shop at Pike Place Market.  The line drawing took 30 -40 minutes which was all I had time for before running down to meet a friend to see the Impressionist's exhibit at the SAM. 

I took a picture before I left so I could add color later.  The color was added yesterday during a wild windstorm that took out our electricity.  What a great excuse to paint!

30th WW Sketchcrawl Saturday: Part 1

Saturday was the 30th Worldwide sketchcrawl.  This is usually set up by sketchcrawlers (sketchers) around the world on a particular day (I think it is 4 times a year)  where we all go out and sketch on location and post our results.  Many take it quite literally sketching all day until you are practically crawling back home.  We usually just do our 2.5 hour sketch outing.  But this time I had the opportunity to sketch at two different venues.
Here are my results  for  the morning session.  I was at Seattle Public Library with many of my fellow sketchers.  What a challenging building to draw....but really fun too.  There are endless possibilities for sketching there.