The weather forecast looked grim for the afternoon
and so we adjusted our itinerary to include some rain check-in points.
and so we adjusted our itinerary to include some rain check-in points.
The good news is that the rain held off until two hours after the sketchcrawl ended!
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| The Rideau Canal and the Bytown Museum |
Seven sketchers participated in the 48th WW sketchcrawl meeting at "Maman"
which is the spider sculpture located in front of the National Art Gallery
which is the spider sculpture located in front of the National Art Gallery
created by Louise Bourgeois (who I have blogged about previously in June 2014).
We sketched at the National Art Gallery location until noon.
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| Sarah did a sketch of me sketching! |
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| Laurie sketched "Maman" |
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| Michel also sketched "Maman" |
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| Diane sketched the Notre Dame Basilica |
At noon, three of us wandered over to the Bytown museum
to meet up with John and to sketch the canal until 1:00.
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| Michael sketched the locks |
We all met together at the Byward market having
lunch at Moulin de Provence.
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| Lunch at the Byward market (L to R: Diane, Laurie, John, Michel and Michael) |
After lunch, a few folks needed to head home.
The rest of us went to sketch at the beautiful and historic Courtyard in the Market.
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| The Courtyard with Diane, Michel and Laurie sketching on the benches |
It was a wonderful day.
Folks seemed keen to have regular sketchcrawls in Ottawa
so we will try to arrange a regular schedule and post it online.
fourth Sunday of every month. Perhaps that would be a good start for an
Ottawa Urban Sketchers group
Stay Tuned!
John "Sketch Journal" Ottawa Sketchcrawl links:
- 33rd WW Schetchcrawl in Ottawa (Oct 2011)
- 34th WW Sketchcrwal in Ottawa (Jan 2012)
- 35th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (April 2012)
- 38th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (Jan 2013)
- 39th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (April 2013)
Other WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa links:
- 33rd WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (Oct 2011)
- 37th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (Oct 2012)
- 39th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (Apr 2013)
- 46th WW Sketchcrawl in Ottawa (Jan 2015)
International Urban Sketching Symposiums
- 1st International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2010- Portland Oregon
- 2nd International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2011 - Lisbon, Portugual
- 3rd International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2012 - Santo Dominigo, Dominican R
- 4th International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2013 - Barcelona
- 5th International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2014 - Paratay, Brazil
- 6th International Urban Sketching Symposium - 2015 - Singapore
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| "Maman" art journal sketch (mixed media on 100% cotton paper) |
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