SketchCrawl 13
I spent about two hours in the town today. It was sunny but cold and I had a great time. I brought my youngest (5 months) and she was asleep in the babysling most of the time.
First I sat down outside the Cathedral and turned my face towards the sun. There is the city hall and I grabbed my pen. After a while I decided to make a new rule for myself for the future. Don’t pick subject to draw in the middle of the sun. Not nice and easy for the eyes. Nice and warm for the cheek have to stand back.
I turned around and walked ten meters and sat down again with my back at the sun.
Right around the corner on Hunnebergsgatan. Some nice houses from different times. I was in a hurry, it was getting colder!
The daughter woke up and was hungry. I found a chair in a corner of the infocenter in the library where I spent some time nursing and drawing.
And then to the basement for some drawing in my favorite exhibit, the curio cupboard with lots of neat things I have looked forward to draw someday. But when I got there I found out that for now it is going to be another exhibit there and the curiostuff is not back until later. Of course the new exhibit has grand opening in just 30 minutes. It would have been a good challange to sketh people there but the little one wants to crawl around so I decided to go somewhere else.
I went to Passagen, the center of contemporary art and did a quick sketch there. Some musicians where there and it was kind of nice.
**update**
I forgot to mention that the town i live in is Linköping.
Nu då? :: Skissdag :: March :: 2007
said,
March 17, 2007 @ 21:21
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alex
said,
March 17, 2007 @ 22:29
Åhh! Kalasfint och jag blir alldeles saknansfull. Tänkte på dig både nu och då under dagen.
Själv lyckades jag kassera 5 timmars uppsatsskrivande och fick planera om dagen till enbart uppsats. Nu har jag kommit ikapp vad jag förlorat men har inte ritat ett streck eller gjort något annat kreativt.
Maria
said,
March 17, 2007 @ 23:01
alex: Men det kommer nya dagar! Bra va?
TJ
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 08:50
Vilka härliga bilder! Särskilt trädet är helt fantastiskt! Hoppas du är nöjd med dagen trotts kylan.
Kramar från Hedbom´s
Maria
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 10:00
TJ: Jag är jättenöjd!
Robyn Smith
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 10:38
What a wonderful day you have had and how special to spend it with your little one.
Maria
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 11:09
Robyn Smith: Yes I had a great time! Looking forward to next one.
Shirley
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 14:16
I loved “sketchcrawling” with you and seeing your sketches. I can only imagine how enjoyable it was taking your wee one with you for the day. These will be very special memories.
Nancy
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 15:25
Maria, I loved your sketches, especially the cathedral and the infocenter. I am from the US so Sweden is exotic to me, but I loved how you took your everyday places and made them seem special. I’m also very impressed that you were able to do it with an infant along.
laserone
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 17:56
Oh these are fantastic drawings. Great work! :)
margaret hunt
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 18:22
These are wonderful…really give us idea of what your country is like…great job…
Ronell
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 18:33
I love all you sketches, Maria. the city hall is simply beautiful, as is your footway. Really nice sketches…keep going!
Ronell
nina j
said,
March 18, 2007 @ 18:39
Vad dukti du är som gjorde en alldeles egen sketchcrawl. Jag tänkte också gjort det, men annat kom emellan (alldeles för lätt hänt…). Nästa gång, då ska jag minsann… Jättefina teckningar!
sherie
said,
March 19, 2007 @ 03:29
I just love your sketches and your commentary. Beautiful work!
Casey
said,
March 19, 2007 @ 12:27
I love your sketches Maria - You really got a lot done in one day, and they are so detailed. I’m very impressed.
Maria
said,
March 19, 2007 @ 16:08
Shirley: Yes this will be lovely memories, sure beats spending half of the day in the sofa! Even if the drawings would have been awful to everyone else I had the perfect sketchcrawl.
Nancy: You should see me now, with the infant in my knee, the dictionary in one hand trying to type with the other! :)
laserone: Thank you, I had so much fun doing it and now all the lovely comments makes me feel so great inside.
margaret hunt: I enyojed it and will do more of this. Pieces of my surroundings.
Ronell: I love to just walk around and look at different buildings and roofs and windows and small details of houses. I had a problem wanting to sketch the whole city hall but manage to “just” take a wing. It was a school once.
nina j: Det var ganska kul att sitta där helt ensam och samtidigt veta att massor runt jorden tillbringade dagen med mig. Men visst skulle det vara kul att gå ut ett helt gäng någongång.
Du får skriva in i kalendern och sprida ryktet vart ni samlas, så är det svårare att låta saker komma emellan. Klockan 10, trappan till konserthuset tillexempel! ;)
sherie: Thank you too!
chris chua
said,
March 19, 2007 @ 19:14
beautfiul sketches here, all around! Your lines are loose yet solid:) Keep up the wonderful work.
kerstin
said,
March 19, 2007 @ 22:40
Absolut underbara teckningar som man vill kliva in i och gå runt i för att se från olika håll.
Tänker att farfar tittar ner från sin himmel och ler så rart som bara han kan “jag visste väl det, barnbarnen hittar sina uttrycksätt”
Kram Mamma
Emma
said,
June 3, 2007 @ 22:51
I used to have a pen-pal who lived in Linkoping, so it’s great to see what her home town looks like! Great drawings.