The Christmas Tree at the Met

The Christmas and New Year holidays came to a pass but the Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche was still there when I visited on January 4th.  I know some urban sketchers were there inside the Met but I don't know where.  It was a very busy day especially when it has gotten so windy cold outside.  I mainly stayed inside the Medieval Art Gallery and finished the rough sketch of the scene.  Finished the hatching later at home.

The Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Creche 

A Broadway Show

This year we watched the Sunset Blvd., a Broadway Musical, from way up the balcony seats at St. James Theatre.  We were seated 15 minutes before the show started to which I used in sketching the whole scene from my point of view.  The lead singer/character has a powerful voice that commanded great interest from the audience.  I wasn't sure what to expect from the show but I enjoyed it in the end.

The Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Last Saturday was my second visit to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine.  The first one was about six or seven years ago, also with the NYC Urban Sketchers.  We finished our show and tell early at 2:00PM, because the cathedral was to have a holiday choir performance at 4:00PM.  I made three sketches and I think I like the high cathedral ceiling best.

The high cathedral ceiling.  I misjudged the height so I ran out of space on my sketchbook. 

The choir and orchestra rehearsal.

The sound and light technicians checking everything is okay.  The color wash was added later at home.

 
 

HS Art & Design Draw-a-thon 20

I first joined the HS Art & Design draw-a-thon in Nov 2018 and has been going ever since to this semi-annual fundraising event.  When I first did the live drawing, it was very exciting and very exhausting at the same time.  A week ago, I did their last event for 2024 and it still felt new like it was my first time although I've gotten a little bit better at it.

  

In the Chelsea Market

A week ago, we walked the High Line Park from W26th until we got near the Chelsea Market building.  We got off the elevated walk park and visited several shops inside this very busy shopping center.  Since it was cold that day, we decided a cup of coffee and some pastry would be good at the Sarabeth's Bakery.  They have a glass-encased visible work floor area that I sketched while waiting for Anne to come back from viewing others shops nearby.

 

At the HUGH Food Court

Last year, I made a small detailed sketch of this group of Urban Sketchers who stayed behind at The HUGH Food Court after the Show & Tell was over.  I brought the same sketchbook today and used a previously prepared page with some acrylic markers on it.  Nice to see a contrasting comparison of how I sketched at the same venue from a year ago.  

That's Mary P in front of me and a few other sketchers in the background.

I still remember this scene and that's Mary P on the far left side.

A Day at the MET

Coming out of the "Art Work: Artists working at the MET" exhibit at Gallery 199, we emerged at Gallery 153 where the Greek Art: 6th-4th Century BC is located.  Another artist occupy one end of a corner bench so I sat at the other end.  Soon another fellow positioned himself in between us and pulled out an iPad and fired up his Procreate app.  The first guy there got up and moved somewhere.  I think he didn't like the  company.  I sketched the closest to my field of view.