Every year Quebec City holds the Festivale de Nouvelle France. It is a celebration of the French landing here and setting up shop. It’s a celebration of French culture. It’s a celebration of traditional foods. And it’s a heck of a good excuse for adults to dress up in costumes and roam the streets of old Quebec.
It’s also a great opportunity for sketchers who want to sketch people dressed as peasants, royalty, pirates, military, indians, and vendors. I was a peasant myself – a peasant with a pen and a sketchbook.
I’m not very good at this kind of sketching. Generally your subject is in a crowd of people and you have only a very short time to capture their geometry. Once done, you’ve got a variable, though always short period of time, to fill in the details from a subject that’s moving constantly, often away from, blending back into the crowd. Here are a few of my attempts; it sure was fun.
Nice work! I like how you’ve been venturing out of your comfort zone to sketch more people lately!
– Tina
Cheers — Larry
Good good good culture, history and wonderful costumes. Every year! Thats great. I think all of your sketches were very good and the color you chose was perfect for the characters.
Yes, this is only my second year of attending but I guess it’s been going on for several years now. I even dressed up this year.
Cheers — Larry