Day 04: #OneWeek100People 2023: An Exhibition of Hats
Hey so, I went to our museum of archeology (Pointe-à-Callière) to sketch their show on hats and headdresses from around the world.
Just a fun day of classic museum drawing. I love sketching in these places. It’s calm and quiet, the lighting on the objects is often masterful, and really – every object has been carefully selected to be informative and inspiring. You can’t fail to have a great day sketching at a museum.
For this exhibition I’ve invented the faces. The objects were displayed ‘floating’ without a head, but I felt they’d be more interesting if I added a personality. (This is something that is very much against the rules in traditional Urban Sketching, so, of course I had to do it).
I’m not being particularly accurate in these sketches – they’re just interpretations of the real things – so of course, my apologies if I’ve put the wrong culture under any of these hats. What can we do? I’m just a sketcher!
Citizen Sketcher 
Love your watercolor work.
Really interesting. Archaeology is conducive to imagination and rules are made to be broken. Bravo !
So good to see your work again Marc these are incredible!
Really interesting and beautiful work
Amazing, Marc!
You’ve been in people drawing beast mode this week. :-)
I’ve really missed your watercolor work since you’ve moved in other directions with your art…it’s wonderful to see/hear from you and your watercolors again! Hope all is well up north.
Love the imaginary faces! At first I was wondering how you found so many interesting hats being worn by individuals. I have to try this the next time I’m sketching in the Ethnography section of the Israel Museum.
Love your sketches!
Can you tell me what paper you’re using? I really like how it captures the richness and texture of your watercolors.
Thanks, as always, for sharing your series!
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Fabulous! Well done.