Subway people again

Leftover subway images from... who knows??

Q to Coney Subway People

Some people on the way to the beach a few weekends ago:

Hurricane Day!

So, as Irene approaches, (and as I have nothing to do and finished all my packing for move-out-day, Aug 31st) I finally got around to organizing the rest of my sketchbook scans.

I don't remember the dates for these, just that they were done about three weeks ago

Wednesday-Thursday, July 13-14

Went back up Park Avenue again.  This is looking towards Union Square (although you can't see it):

Same place on Park Avenue the next day, this time looking the opposite direction (towards Grand Central-42nd):

I've reverted to more subway people:

Since we ran out of bread, I bought a sandwich at a little cafe in Brooklyn and the girl behind the counter  goes to Johnson&Wales and apparently lives somewhere above the cafe (small world).

I drew these for imagery fodder for a product advertisement (for my internship).  Maybe they'll get used, we'll see.  If not, oh well...

Thursday, June 30

Way up there on Park Avenue (looking towards Union Sq):

Sam, Emma, and Myken met me at powerHouse: there was an event for a book that had pages from a bunch of artists' sketchbooks.  Some of the artists were there and we could flip through the sketchbooks that they brought.  Then we went out to dinner in China Town at this place called Shanghai Cafe (really good food).  Here are some people (including Emma and Myken) on the sub from China Town to Myken's residence:

Sunday, June 26

Saturday I wandered around Soho.  I walked into the Evolution Store.  If you know anything about the RISD Nature Lab, it was kinda like that.  If not, then think about the science department anywhere with things in formaldehyde, skeletons, insect specimens, animal furs, hunks of rocks and minerals, etc... but for sale.

Emma and I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday, got free food and got lost in Central Park (again).  And I did more sub-people:

Monday, June 20

Union Square:

I need a new approach (you can tell I'm getting bored):

Sunday, June 19

Emma and I went to Central Park (in the middle of the day).  We got off the sub halfway and planned on walking South to catch the sub back home... we ended up going North and leaving from the corner farthest from where we live.

More sub people:

Thursday, June 16

My sublet is two doors down from a police station.  I usually leave an hour earlier than I need to so I can do a little sketching, and this time a police officer (and his buddy) were leaving for duty at the same time or something.  Anyways, he stopped me and asked what the little green book was, and I think he enjoyed flipping through my sketchbook.  He recognized Union Square and the bank building from the previous day... makes me wonder if this is going to be a weekly occurrence.

After escaping the law: this is right next to the Flatiron (34th x 5th Ave and maybe Broadway?):

High St. sub in Brooklyn:

Wednesday, June 15

I sat on a park bench and this squirrel ran from underneath the bench and sat eating muffin crumbs right next to my foot.  I could have kicked the cheeky little bugger without much effort.

E 24th and Madison:

Green sub people:

Monday and Tuesday, June 13-14

It was raining most of the weekend, and a little on Monday morning as I sat in Union Square:

It's definitely the beginning of the week:

...but Tuesday was a little happier (and drier):

Thursday, June 9

I came across this great building on E 25th and Lexington when I was wandering around the previous Thursday: it had skulls and Aztec-like designs of snakes, dogs, tapestry tassel-things... it was really cool... I think I need to go back and take another crack at it.

Oh well.  The people on the sub turned out much better:

My internship (powerHouse Books) holds large events on the majority of week-day evenings.  This time it was about meat and butchers and food... the reception had wonderful food (including an edible sculpture made of chocolate: The Butcher's Guide to Well-Raised Meat).  I stayed for the reception but not the event because it was already getting late and I hoped to reach the sub before it started pouring outside (that failed -- I got soaked).

Wednesday, June 8

So, next day.  E 22nd and 3rd Ave church tower:

...and a couple dudes on the subway:

Tuesday, June 7

This was the third day of my internship, and I decided to just go out and sketch (or I never would).  I did this one in about an hour and in the few minutes I had on each Sub train.

This one was on the way home: