It was supposed to rain all weekend. I woke up Saturday morning and it was raining. By mid-morning it was beautiful – really hot. I decided to go out for a while and draw a postbox for the Urban Sketchers’ weekly challenge. I planned on sitting in the window of a cafe in a side street beside the local post office . When I got there it was bursting at the seams – all the cafes were full. Newtown is a place where everyone goes for coffee or out for breakfast on an unexpectedly beautiful Saturday.
Instead, I sat on the steps to the back entrance of the Post Office, on the same side of the street as the post box. I was in the full sun and I’ve got sunburn marks to prove it. In the end it drove me away and I went home to put the colour on. Those same two guys were still sitting in MY seat in the window of the cafe opposite.
I love it. Nice interesting composition.
And then the RED.
Cheers, Erin
Amazing sketch! Absolutely love the colors and the shadings. You’ve turned something so mundane into something so meaningful. I’ll never be able to look at post offices the same way again.
What great depth in that doorway, Wendy! Fabulous work, as always. I can relate to sunburn issues; I’ve had quite a few doozies myself. Methinks you will have to start out earlier to snag that seat in the window of the cafe however.
What a neat drawing!