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L. Marshall, 2012 - Yvan sketched the sketchers sketching in the park |
The event originated with Enrico Casarosa, who participated in a marathon bachelor party in San Francisco nearly ten years ago. Predicated on the “pub crawl” concept, Casarosa says, “The basic idea is to record non-stop everything [we] can around us. After a whole day of drawing and walking around the city, the name seems quite fitting: ‘SketchCrawl’ - a drawing marathon.”
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B.G. Merkle, 2012 - Yvan and Céline sketching on the Plaines of Abraham |
Inspired by SketchCrawls organized in other cities, a few of us (Bethann, Larry, and Céline) organized what we believe to be Quebec City’s first ever SketchCrawl. Twelve sketchers met and created a vivid visual record of the Jardin Jeanne d’Arc and the Plaines of Abraham, during a total of five hours of drawing.
Based on the number of participants, the enthusiasm of all the sketchers, and how long everyone stayed out on a hot, humid Saturday, the event was successful beyond what we had hoped.
Larry said it best. "Today was a visit to sketching heaven for me. I had so much fun talking with everyone that I didn't get much sketching done, to be honest. But, I took photos, ran around as though I were Johnny Sketcherseed and just had a ball."
B.G. Merkle, 2012 - Yvan explained a handy tool used to gauge dimension and scale, and Sylvie, Nicolas, and Larry were hooked! |
Scroll down for plenty of photo highlights and lots of sketches. Thank you to all the sketchers who shared their work for this post. Please respect their copyrights.
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Jardin Jeanne d'Arc |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Nicolas hard at work |
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Photo by L. Marshall, 2012, of Nicolas's sketch |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Katherine, deep in concentration |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - All Catherine's concentration paid off. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Larry sketched the welcome kisoque! |
N. Pavey, 2012 - Natalie sketched the whole scene, with a great sense of color used to focus the attention on Joan of Arc at the end of the garden. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Bethann pencils in a sketch of the classical French garden commemorating Joan of Arc. |
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B.G. Merkle, 2012 - The scene of the sketch |
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B.G. Merkle, 2012 - Bethann's final sketch |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Pierre in the garden |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Céline and Nicole sketched the Plaines, from a shady spot in the garden. |
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C. Poulin, 2012 - After lunch, the sketching resumed in earnest. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Céline sketched Pierre. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - So did Yvan. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - In keeping with the trend, Bethann sketched Pierre...and Sylvie, Catherine, and Nicolas, too. |
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C. Poulin, 2012 - Céline also sketched the Concord, a well-known hotel with a revolving restaurant at the top. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Catherine sketched the park administration building, which used to be a lovely, quaint visitors' center. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Catherine's finished sketch |
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B.G. Merkle, 2012 - Sylvie used another of Yvan's tools, this one for filtering out mid-tone greens, to help identify darks and highlights when sketching a landscape. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - Yvan continued drawing people... |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - ...all afternoon. |
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L. Marshall, 2012 - What do you do in a park? Why, have a picnic, of course! |
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B.G. Merkle, 2012 - Everyone hard at work after a delightful picnic lunch. |
Obviously, we all had a grand time. Judging by the amount of information exchanged about sketching tools, places to sketch, and so on, my bet is next time will be soon. And, the picnic will be a potluck!
More activities are already scheduled, and more are in the works. Check out the calendar for more info, and come sketch with us soon!
Extra, extra, read all about it! 1st Quebec City SketchCrawl is just the beginning!
Extra, extra, read all about it! 1st Quebec City SketchCrawl is just the beginning!
- The SketchCrawl made the news! Read the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph article here (page 8).
- Bethann's process for sketching Jardin Jeanne d'Arc
- Larry's follow-up about sketching the following week
- Céline's post on SketchCrawl.com.
Great post of a great time. Hope we do it again REAL soon.
ReplyDeleteCheers --- Larry
C'est comme si on y était ... encore!
ReplyDeleteFélicitations et vivement une autre rencontre!
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