Night Sketching at the Palace of Fine Arts

Our drive home from the city takes us past the Palace of Fine Arts – which we’ve drawn many times during the day.

I’ve always wanted to come back after dark and draw the spotlights on the sculpture.  I found a good view from the ‘far’ side (opposite the Exploratorium entrance) where the lighting makes a great light-on-dark-on-light counter changed silhouettes.

If you’re out here Friday nights you might meet a crazy group of skaters that descend on the place with a mobile sound system.  (Link: The Midnight Rollers).

Here’s a snapshot of my new night drawing setup. An LED bike light taped to an ultralight tripod, and a fisherman’s ‘ball cap light’ clipped to my hat brim…makes drawing in places without streetlight a lot easier. Added bonus – it makes raccoon eyes glow green. A little creepy at first.