Thursday, August 11, 2022
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
SATURDAY: Sketch Rockefeller Park
We've been sketching in the heat for more than a month now. This coming Saturday looks like a normal summer day instead of the scorcher's we've been experiencing. We still want to visit locations below 14th Street so we have lots of artwork for our next show.
Rockefeller Park looks so inviting. There are trees. There are breezes coming in from the water. There's greenery with an urban background. There's food nearby and bathrooms too. Urban Sketching Perfection! It will also be filled with New Yorkers out enjoying the good weather, depending on us to record their wonderful day. Let's do it!
What: We’ll be sketching Rockefeller Park
Where: Follow Murray Street due West until you get to the park. The entrance at Murray is about in the middle of the park.
When: Start time - 10 AM. Saturday, August 13, 2022 Running late? Come anyway - we'll be there.
How:
- By Subway:
- Chambers Street: 1, 2, 3, A, C, trains all stop nearby - (see map below).
- City Hall: N, R, and W
- Park Place: 2, 3
- World Trade Center: E
Lunch: We'll break at 12:00. Location to be determined. Bring your own food and drink or rely on vendors.
Afternoon: 1:00 PM Back to sketching.
Show and Tell: 3:00 PM - Location to be determined. We’ll share stories from the day, show our artwork and talk about the things artists talk about when they’re together.
NOTE:
- Bring a hat.
- Bring a stool if you have one, it gives you more options.
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
SATURDAY: Westchester Sketchers at the Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx
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Terraced Garden |
Located in the Bronx, just ten miles from Manhattan, Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum, with its splendid late Federal style exterior and Greek Revival period rooms, is a hidden gem set within New York City’s largest park – Pelham Bay. As the only grand 19th-century country house still in existence overlooking the bay, the Museum provides an important link to the social and architectural history of New York City.
The Bartow-Pell Museum is situated within a 60-acre New York City Landmark Historic District and is surrounded by a “forever wild” zone. The six-acre site boasts a formal, terraced garden, designed by Delano & Aldrich in 1916, a circa 1840 Carriage House, a Children’s Organic Garden, and the Pell Memorial Gravesite.
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Carriage House |
DETAILS:
Where: Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 895 Shore Rd, Bronx, NY 10464 Phone: (718) 885-1461
Show and Tell: Following lunch, we will share drawings and tell stories. This social part of our day is not to be missed.
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Garden Gates |
- There is no fee to visit the gardens and grounds.
- Dress for sunshine. Bring a hat and sunscreen.
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Weekday Sketchers at the Gates of the City
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The Pylons: our starting point |
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The Upper Room at Albany Street |
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Brick Arch at Wagner Park |
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The Rector Street Gate |
- https://bpca.ny.gov/places/public-art/
- https://bpca.ny.gov/places/parks/
- Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at rayliedunkel1@gmail.com
- Looking for us? Call Raylie at 201-273-0445
- Be prepared to sketch for about 45 minutes and then move on to another location. You can always go back to finish a sketch later.
- Bring a stool, sunscreen and lunch (or purchase it on the way)
- Bathrooms are available at Brookfield Place and Wagner Park
THURSDAY: Westchester Sketchers at Tilly Foster Farm in Brewster, NY
Show and Tell: Following lunch, we will share drawings and tell stories. This social part of our day is not to be missed.
- Public restrooms are located in the red building next to the picnic area.
- Dress for sunshine. Bring a hat and sunscreen.
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
SATURDAY: Sketch Grant's Tomb
The weather reports make selecting the best weekend date a complete guessing game. I have observed many times that Fortune Favors the Bold. So here is our bold guess. Saturday will be the better day this weekend! The current forecast says there's a 42% chance of rain for both days, but the Saturday warning is for rain in the afternoon. My hope is we can get a good day of sketching in, and it rains while we're on our way back home.
Grant's Tomb is the final resting place of our 18th President and the most famous Civil War Union General. Construction of the tomb took many years, and the memory of the horrible war was still fresh in everyone's mind. It was completed in 1897 at a location that was considered very remote. To visit the tomb back then amounted to a long day in the country. Old photos show just how remote and undeveloped the site was.
The Tomb is now part of Riverside Park where we will be protected by the shade of many mature trees. The park overlooks the Hudson and we're hoping for cool breezes.
NOTE: Do not take the A, B, C or D trains to 125th St.It's not the same stop as the #1 train and there's a huge park with a formidable hill in the way
Monday, August 1, 2022
WEDNESDAY: Weekday Sketchers in Duane Park and Washington Market Park
Duane Street Park |
Duane Street Park |
Washington Market Park |
Washington Market Park |
- Please RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at Rayliedunkel1@gmail.com
- Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-273-0447
- We will meet at Duane Park to sketch for a while then walk over to Washington Market Park.
- Bathrooms and water available at Washington Market Park.
- No food service in the parks but plenty of vendors nearby.
- Bring a stool, a hat, and bug spray.