Traveler's Sketchbook Art by George C. Clark

This blog will showcase the mostly small-scale, mostly painted or drawn on-site art that I create as a record of places and things I have seen. Subjects will range from my own Chicago backyard to the backroads of Europe. Artworks marked AVAILABLE are available for purchase. For prices or more information email me at gcc@georgecclark.com. See my Railroad art at ageofironrailroadartbygeorgecclark.blogspot.com. See my Vietnam War art at ayearinthetropics.blogspot.com.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

BELLY DANCE PERFORMANCE IN CHICAGO PARK

Belly Dance Performance, Independence Park, Chicago, 10 x 13 inch ink and colored pencil drawing
by George C. Clark AVAILABLE

Sometimes I don't have to travel very far to find my subjects. These ladies are part of a troupe from the Arabesque Dance Studios who did a belly dance performance the Sunday before last at this year's first Farmers Market in Independence Park, a short walk from where I live on the Northwest Side of Chicago. They looked great, but constant motion made them as hard to draw from life as the alligators I tried to sketch in the Everglades last year. So I did the same thing I did in Florida-- I photographed them and then sketched from my photos.