We were 18 strong for Saturday's SketchCrawl, including 3 newbies and our 3 regular, younger members: Josh, Tom and Harry.
The Royal Armouries in Leeds is a fantastic museum which I would highly recommend: full of beautiful and fascinating stuff to draw, as well as talks and re-enactments all day long (and it's free!).
Saturday was a gorgeous, sunny day and the museum towers above the Leeds canal, with full-length windows on all floors, so the views were pretty enticing too and several sketchers had a go. I was tempted, but stuck with the exhibits in the end.
This was my favourite sketch (and exhibit). Almost everyone drew this Indian war elephant. It was the equivalent of the woolly rhino that we all fell in love with at the Weston Park Museum SketchCrawl.
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8 comments:
Wow! That elephant is fantastic! Nice job!
I love the elephant. Lovely angle, and you captured it's weight and heft so well!
Amazing armour! That elephant charging toward you must have been absolutely terrifying!
Another Bravo for the elephant! The spiral of the sketchbook really goes with the pattern of the armor it's wearing.
Thanks guys - it was a bit of a must. So HUGE and quite tricky to fit on the page, especially as I was quite close (in the perfect position to be trampled under foot any moment!)
Fabulous capture - such an unusual subject. Lucky you to have it in your local museum.
I love your armor et elephant!!! they're amazing :)
Amazing series! Love this elephant so much!
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