tales from the river city - petescully

tales from the river city

micron pen, watercolour; it was very quiet down the capitol mall in sacramento, not many people about, perfect for me to sit and draw. The rain of this week stopped today, and so I went for a little drawing trip to Sac, the river city; while this is a nice quiet scene, under arnold's governating eye, it's generally very scary downtown, always a feeling of having to be on your guard, gangs of kids hovering about in very baggy clothing (they'll grow into it in a couple of years). The old gold-rush downtown is less scary, but was full of long-moustachioed leather-clad bikers with shiny harleys and choppers, not really chicken-head-munching hell's angels but weekend rebels with a lot of shoe polish. And then there's the river, well there are two of them really, big and brown and full of currents. That's currents, not currants. Mind you I did see them raisin' the tower bridge, yes it's different from our tower bridge, the whole thing lifts up and then goes down again, book-ended by an air-raid siren, it's very exciting. Anyway, the bridge is below. It was built in 1935 you know. And it's very very yellow.

12.2.07 05:40

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martha / Website (19.2.07 18:48)
Nice sketches here. Are you in Sacramento then? I have actually never been to the historic area, despite having lived in N. CA. for 25 (ack!) years.

Also, a new Who album? Will have to check that out. And I liked your commentary on our fearless leader. I don't understand how supporting the troops and sending them off to die are the same thing.

petescully / Website (21.2.07 08:14)
Nah, Davis. Not far, but a million miles in many ways. I couldn't handle Sac. I'm a city person, but not really that city. I do like midtown though. And the history is nice, but it's ironic when people go down to oldtown Sac to watch pretend wild west gunfights, when you can see real gunfights in many parts of Sacramento any day of the week.

Jana Bouc / Website (26.2.07 08:39)
These are so terrific! I love the colors (and your colorful stories) and especially love the guy pointing at the sign trying to find his place. Since I got back from Mexico I've been realizing how much there is in the Bay Area to draw, without traveling far at all. One of these days I'm going to have to explore your area. You make Davis (and Sacto) look so interesting.