man sleeping

I warmed up for SketchCrawl Day with a quick sketch of this gentleman snoozing on the 34.

• commute: morning
• bus: route 34 to Archives
  
• time to produce sketch: about 3 minutes
• subject aware? nope — he was out like a light
• reactions to my work: none noticed
  

26th World Wide SketchCrawl — Couple Reads the Philosophy Rug at the Hirshorn Gallery

This is perhaps my favorite exhibit at the Hirshorn, the Philosophy Rug, by Mungo Thompson. It's a fabric covered in large patches with truisms and sayings on them, many of which sound like cheeky bumper stickers. I knew this would be a good spot to find people standing still long enough to sketch them, as they read through the patches. This gentleman initially had his arm around his lady-friend and then put it down mid-way, explaining the "third arm."

26th World Wide SketchCrawl — Woman Photographing at the Botanic Gardens

This one was done in about 10 seconds, as my subject moved promptly :-(

26th World Wide SketchCrawl — Fellow SketchCrawlers at the Hirshorn

A quick sketch of Joel and Dan, a couple of my fellow sketchcrawlers, in action at the Hirshorn.

26th World Wide SketchCrawl — Woman Helping Child See Art

I loved this view of this woman holding her granddaughter (?) up to see a work of art, but unfortunately they moved on before I could capture their pose completely.

26th World Wide SketchCrawl — Guardian figures at the Freer

Today was the 26th World Wide SketchCrawl! I joined up with a handful of other DC artists to museum-hop and sketch downtown. Unlike my daily commute, where subjects sometimes sit still enough to be drawn in 1-5 minutes, museum-goers are a surprisingly active bunch. So I wasn't able to get more than a quick gesture for some. But here's a sampling of what I did.

two women, one with cornrows

• commute: morning
• bus: route 32 to Friendship Heights
  
• time to produce sketch: about 7 minutes
• subject aware? I don't think so
• reactions to my work: none noticed