Sam Kee Building

Sketch done as a birthday gift to a friend I have known for 26 years. This was done on September 16, 2011 as a black and white ink and pencil sketch. The significance of the building is that it is only 4.5 ft wide at the street level and 6.5ft wide at the second level. There are stores under the sidewalk such as the barber shop. The building was pushed back when West Pender Street was widened.

"Sam Kee Building - Vancouver Chinatown"

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Sketchcrawl 32 Day - Late Entry

After Carol and Thalia had finished sketching for the day, I continued solo for an hour or so while waiting for my Taxi. After checking out the Chinatown Zodiac Mosaics in front of Dr Sun Yat-Sen Gardens and finding no shade, I toodled back to Taylor and West Pender for a shady spot. Here I did some quick and rough sketches in pencil of people passing by. Last night and later this morning, I finished the sketches and inked them in. The initial pencil was pretty rough as I was tired and these folk were too fast for me.

"Chinatown Folk" -

Tourist, Young Man picking up Dinner, and 

Cyclist without her Cycle

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Sketchcrawl 32 Day!

As today was the big Sketchcrawl 32 day, I am posting the sketches completed by me for the event. I had a good start at 7:15am Pacific Time as I was eager to get going. I knew the first subject that I wanted to sketch was going to be complicated, so I tried for an early start.

I was well into sketching the Millenium Gate entrance to Chinatown by the time Carol (sketchalina) arrived at 9:00am. 9:00am was our agreed meeting time to Carol was right on time.

As we agreed to meet Thalia (crazythalia) at 12:00noon at the "Everything Cafe", Carol and I packed up from sketching the Millenium Gate and ambled down West Pender onto East Pender at 11:30am.

After a spot of lunch at the cafe, Thalia arrived and we sat outside the cafe sketching. I believe Carol was sketching the building across the street from the cafe. I am unsure what Thalia had as her subject for her sketching, I will have to wait until she posts on Sketchcrawl :-) My second contribution was to sketch a bicycle leaning against a Chinatown lamp post and two visitors sitting enjoying their coffee.

Sketch #1

Millenium Gate - Vancouver Chinatown
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Sketch #2

Bicycle and Visitors - Vancouver Chinatown
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