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Going Out (But Not Really)

4/17/2020

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The place where I pick up my groceries just so happens to be near the Clark Tower. What am I going to do - not sketch it?!
This first time during ***all of this*** that I picked up groceries, I also went to the pharmacy drive-through and sketched the woman below. 
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The above sketch is probably the worst sketch I've made of the Clark Tower. Not because of the errant line, but because I was not paying attention to measuring the scale that the building needed to be in order to fit it in with the trees, etc. I'm not bothered by it - just pointing out that this happens and I just keep sketching!
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These are all in Stillman & Birn Alpha softcover sketchbooks, the 3.5x5" (I think) version. The top two sketches were done with the Pigma Graphic 1 (my fat pen), and the rest were done with the Pigma Micron 01. After that first trip, I stopped carrying my full sketch bag and just have the one pen in my purse since I'm really only sketching outside of my house on these grocery runs.
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Suhita Shirodkar
4/17/2020 11:15:22 am

i love that building now because you do . and I recognize it with so little line, like the top one. these are really lovely

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Elizabeth Alley
4/20/2020 11:44:49 am

Thanks, Suhita! I love exploring different ways of drawing it.

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