A Day in the City

It has been four weeks since I last spent a Sunday outing in the city with Aaron.  I went by train this time instead of driving.  It felt a little funny taking the train as this was my first ever since we had the lockdown last March.   I managed to do one commuter sketch on the way to NYC.  

Emerging out of train platform #15 and onto the main hall of the Grand Central Terminal, there was that weird, lonely and deserted place feeling I felt.  Not scary this time, but almost similar to that feeling I had on that final commute I did last year.  Gone was the energy of the crowd I was accustomed to seeing back in the days of the "Before Times".  I took one picture of the West Side entrance where some construction work is happening.  Perhaps some of those bare construction wall barriers will feature the enlarged sketch prints we submitted to some entity at the GCT exactly for that purpose.  It would be exciting to see which artwork made it.   

On the M1 Bus from Madison and 43rd Street going to 82nd Street, I counted one passenger pickup and a drop off along the way.  Granted that it was a Sunday, it still felt weird, although am relieved in some ways due to Covid-19 precautions.  Note that I came prepared with a double mask on.  

Aaron and I made the earliest available museum visit of the day and what a difference it was.   Because it wasn't crowded, it felt as if we had exclusive access to some of the Salons we visited on the 2nd Floor.  By the time we finished looking, we were ready for lunch downstairs at the Cafeteria.  

We decided to sketch at the same gallery of sculptures like last time.  Soon after we finished, I told Aaron about our USK mini-throw down.  I think Aaron did a very good job of observing and sketching his chosen subject.  With enough patience and practice, he'll soon have the feel for his sketching style.