Juilliard Concert and the NY Society Library
I carry a very small purse when I'm moving around in New York City, but always have blank white index cards and a mechanical pencil in there. At concerts, I never know whether I will be able to draw, and I've left a sketchbook in an auditorium (but quickly recovered it) and rarely bring one anymore. This week I had a perfect view of the conductor at the Juilliard Orchestra Concert at Carnegie Hall. And I also had a lovely violist straight in front of me. The conductor David Robertson was in tails and I love watching, but not drawing, how much he moves.
NOTE: Graphite Smudges!
The NY Society Library was founded in 1754 and is contained in a Townhouse on the Upper Eastside. It is a subscription library but non-members can enter the first floor reading room, and the second floor exhibit space. The weekday Urban Sketchers met there at 10, and I could only stay an hour and didn't even bring my sketchbook. After I saw the exhibit I went to the reading room to browse and sketched "what was in front of me" on my index card.
