Mission Thrift - again!

Mission Thrift
Originally uploaded by Nevin.

N took this photograph when he was in the area for a conference last year. I think its super cool that he would have the exact same shot in his photo archives! This flickr thing is the best. I for one am (at least temporarily) addicted.

Dolores Park

Dolores Park
Originally uploaded by Aindrila.

Sunday afternoon: S is away. After a whole day of humming and hawing I finally trudged over to the park where H and his friends were hanging out. Couldn't see anything that was within my abilities to sketch and finally headed to the Cafe. Armed with a chai (ahem!) and a corner seat this is a sketch of the school across from the Dolores park cafe. It was windy as hell. This is not unusual – it’s always windy in the park - but yesterday was really bad. My nose started to run. I sketched for as long as I could stand it but again decided to add the colors in later. I have to go back and try my hand at the front view of this school. It’s really grand...

Mission Thrift Store

Mission Thrift Store
Originally uploaded by Aindrila.

Its really sunny these days and everything looks so pretty in the late afternoon sun. It was too windy to go out though, so I sat out in the fire escape and sketched the view across from our appartment. For the colors, which I added later, I used watercolor pencils.

Also, in the absence of a scanner - this is a digital photograph of the sketch, taken without the aid of a stand. Not bad no?

tartine

tartine
Originally uploaded by Aindrila.

I love the Mission. A twenty minute walk can furnish me with half a dozen compositions worthy of sketching. I haul my sketch pad and pen around everywhere but I can never seem to muster the courage to actually pull it out and put it to use!

Last weekend I was at the Tartine Bakery. I had my coffee and my snack and was as usual sizing up the street across and wondering why I couldn't just whip the bloody sketch pad out and sketch already - when - the elderly man sitting at the next table took out his insulin shot and preceeded to poke it into his belly - through his sweater and shirt and all!!!

Well, I guess he needed to do that (and its okay with me -I must add). But I finally mustered the guts to pull out my drawing supplies...

So here is a sketch of 18th and Guerrero across from Tartine. It currently is my most popular post on flickr.com and even found its way to another blog...La Recoleta

toad

toad
Originally uploaded by Aindrila.

Of all the ones - this caught someones fancy...hmm.