I'm loving it!

I try to leave early in the morning to cycle to work but sometimes (and I do mean sometimes, honest)  I stop off at McD's for a cooked breakfast! After munching my way through my McMuffin and hash brown, and whilst slurping a nice hot milky coffee, I took out my sketchbook and a very black 8B pencil and quickly sketched the rather uninspiring view through the window. I added the colour and a few pen strokes later this evening.

Outside, beyond the car park and the giant advertising hoarding, loom the shiny metal silos of the local plastic cup factory which seem to be in some strange harmony with the straw dispensers on the waste bin and tray storage unit inside. I just liked the composition with the counterplay of all the different vertical structures close by and far away and the shadows cast by the slotted window shutters across the side of the unit.

Did I learn anything from this little exercise? Well, yes. Sketching in public isn't really so scary after all .. Oh, and next time I'll only pour myself a half portion of tomato sauce to dip the hash brown in:) Happy Tuesday!

Huntingdon, View through McDonalds window