The final Urban Sketching lesson took place at a bowling alley. Once I saw the gentlemen in the red throw a gutterball in lane 13, I knew it had to be the focus of my sketch. He was actually a decent bowler (and better than the woman he was playing against), but I couldn’t resist telling that story. Sorry dude.
Date: 7/29/18
Time spent: 2.5 hours
I wanted to get some more urban sketching practice before my final Urban Sketching lesson. At my coworker’s recommendation, I went to Hannibal Square in Winter Park. There was a conveniently placed table and chairs outside of Orlando Skin Solutions with a nice view of Hannibal’s On the Square and a pot of colorful coleus (my favorite foliage plant and latest obsession) on the street corner.
My first attempted sketch was a disaster. I originally included more of the left side of the street in the frame, but the proportions of everything just wasn’t lining up properly and I was struggling so much with the sketch even after 45 minutes of working on it that I decided it was best to start over from scratch. The second attempt was much better, but I still need to work on value contrast and making my dark values dark enough.
Date: 7/28/18
Time spent: 3 hours