New Orleans Sketchbook

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Sometimes when the weather is beautiful and you're in a new city, it's really hard to stop and sketch ... you just want to keep walking all over and seeing all you can!

Here's a quick sketch looking down Chartres St from near Jackson Square in the French Quarter. The balconies and buildings cast a ton of shadows everywhere.

Chartres & St. Peter Sts, New Orleans

Here's a look down the opposite side, still from a bench near Jackson Square.

Looking out from Jackson Square, New Orleans

And here's a super quick sketch dashed off while waiting for the Magazine Street bus, colored with Faber Castell Pitt Artists pens later:

Waiting for the bus, New Orleans

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3 comments

  1. New Orleans has always been a favorite city of mine. You have captured it well, especially the mood.

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  2. Beautiful sketches...love the first one especially1 You're So right...once on the move, you just want to keep going and take it all in!
    ronell

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  3. Your colors are fantastic. That first sketch is truly sensational. Great perspective, line and COLOR!

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