Thursday, June 28, 2018

The Keeler Tavern

The Keeler Tavern museum located at 132 Main Street in Ridgefield, CT is almost right next to another museum - The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.  I was in town last Tuesday and decided to peek into this historic residence once owned by architect Cass Gilbert but learned that the museum visit/tour is only available on Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays.  

That wasn't a show stopper since I just want to sketch anyway.  Found this nice park perfectly situated diagonally across the house, and at a slightly elevated location from the street level.  A good spot to sketch.

 To see how I measure by sight, I did a video time lapse of the process.

 UPDATE:  Color added to the sketch.

The unfinished sketch.  Need to add more color.



    
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2 comments:

  1. Joan TavolottJune 28, 2018 at 4:18 AM

    Nice that you were able to find a good spot to sketch from. Great job on the architecture.

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    1. MelJune 28, 2018 at 4:38 AM

      Thank you, Joan. I'll add this sketch on my unfinished work needing more color.

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