New York Sketchbook, 2008, Part Two
Continued from: New York Sketchbook 2008, Part One
Continuing on with my recent New York Trip, I had a great day walking through Central Park and visiting one of my (well, everyone’s) favorite museums, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This summer’s rooftop sculpture exhibit features three Jeff Koons sculptures including this one: Balloon Dog, Yellow. The day was rather chilly, yet with only a cappuccino to sustain me I braved the elements to get my sketch. Suffering for art, you know!
Because of the cold weather I generally did more indoor sketching in New York than planned. Here are a couple of favorite cafes, and a quick sketch of the Lincoln Center.
I also attended the New York City Ballet at the Lincoln Center, a program featuring Jerome Robbins choreography and Leonard Bernstein music. As I often do, I tried to sketch blind, in the dark. Here is a montage of some of the more readable scribbles done during the three dances: Fancy Free, Dybbuk, and West Side Story.
Related Topics: Figures, Interiors, Landscapes, New York, Travel Sketching
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May 26th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Very nice sketches, Martha! – Your whole website and blog is wonderful!
May 24th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Your sketches are just amazing, Martha! You are really talented. I have truly enjoyed looking through your recent posts, especially enjoying the ones from San Francisco and Napa Valley; places that I visited last November and have fond memories from.
May 21st, 2008 at 9:56 pm
great sketches from the big apple Martha, i’m sooo jealous of your trip! the balloon dog is my favorite drawing, and what a fun piece of art by koons, ha?
May 20th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Hi Martha
Its you that got great stuff here. Lots of information.
See you too.
May 17th, 2008 at 1:57 pm
These latest are some of my favorites ever–you really did a beautiful job. I grew up on the outskirts of NY and all of these were hauntingly familiar to me–great job!
May 16th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
i am really amazed how you cherish each moment you have in everywhere you go…i really appreciate your sketch and the more fun is the memories you are sharing with me and to all of us who are sketchers…i wish i could be with you together sketching like you do…
you keep our energy in sketching and at the same time.
keep it up…
chris motas
May 16th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Oh Martha your sketches never dissapoint – but the Balloon dog is so Awsome – I knew instantly it was balloon (or created to resemble such) A remarkable feat through WC and you braved what I know can be quite windy and chilly on that roof top!
May 16th, 2008 at 3:53 am
Wow – you got so much done! I love them all, but have always been partial to your interiors, and these are as good as always.
May 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
All wonderfully fun, Martha! If I know you, you poked the dog, now didn’t you?! He is GREAT!
Miss you, Lisa
May 15th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Love them all Martha and I’m especially thrilled to see the dance scribbles. As you said, painting them would make them recognizable! Are all of these from one of the 3 ballets? Or did you mix them up? If mixed, how did you get all of the images on the same page? I’m so glad that I saw them as scribbles.
May 15th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
The balloon dog is steel with some kind of coating, but even up close it looks like if you could poke it, it would be soft. The guards won’t let you get within poking range though. 🙂
May 15th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Ooh Martha, great work all round. Your café sketches are especially impressive, since I know I would find it impossibly tricky to do an on-site sketch in such a public place, let alone to compose it so interestingly!
Is the Balloon Dog made of latex or of something entirely different that gives it a similar appearance?