Our first stop on New Year's Eve was Haight Ashbury . . .
Attracting too much attention from the pimps,pushers,winos and bums we retreated inside the nearest pub and drew the freaky folk from the relative safety of a bay window with a good view of the by-passers.
Sleepy Noe Valley has a different kind of vibe to the Haight-more push-chairs less crack addicts!
We climbed up to Bernal Heights for a 360 degree view of the city.
North Beach has a nice, laid-back feel too with of course the obligatory eccentrics.
Pier 39 is still home to the stinky, barking, bellowing sea-lion colony. The gaggle of tourists watching them were even rowdier!
View of the city across the East Bay with the Bay Bridge passing through Treasure Island and the Oakland port cranes on the left.
See Crookies marvellous sketches over on his blog
These are so cool!!
ReplyDeleteVery inspiring, I think now I'll head outside to draw some passers-by myself.
fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteFantastic post!! The balance you have in your ink sketches is amazing!
ReplyDeleteVery nice, do you have any sketching
ReplyDeleteprocesses? or are you directly using a pen-brush on paper
Hey Matt, always good passing by for a visit, inspiring as usual.
ReplyDeleteComing to London give a shout.
All the best
I always love seeing your sketches!
ReplyDeleteWow, I've walked those streets, swear I've seen those same people, smelled those same sea lions.
ReplyDeleteReally marvelous, inspiring work (as usual!)
Wow! Great works here! I love your stile...If you don´t mind, i'll link you in my blog.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
A wonderful trip down memory lane- thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou nailed those Bernal Heights views perfectly!! That's a hard thing to do, to condense the view into an appealing design- I love the sweep of the road on your 3rd illustration.
Superb work.
Seen Elvis Christ lately?
Wish I could've tagged along on your people watching trip. I always need people drawing practice and there looks to be an abundance of interesting subjects!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work from both Matts. Lovely...
ReplyDeleteI love it Matt!! It's the first time that I post, but I love always take a look here. You are amazing!!
ReplyDeletegreat stuff!
ReplyDeletei love your sketches!!!
ReplyDeleteReally nice stuff! Missing SF now :P
ReplyDeleteGreat studies- rekon you'll be going to CTN again this year?
ReplyDeletegreat sketches! i like the skateboarder.
ReplyDeleteNice pen and inks of my old stompin' grounds. Wow. Very expressive!
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These are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for the comments folks- appreciated!
ReplyDeletei love all of them!!!
ReplyDeleteCool sketches!
ReplyDeletethe black lines in your sketches are specially strong! great urban drawings!
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