The first two sketches were done on pre-tinted paper. The guest conductor's hands made me smile. His left wrist moved in a distinctive way.
Cathy, who was a pianist in my sketch before, is the founder and conductor of TACO. I admire her commitment and hard-work to keep TACO running since 2011. There is a lot of off-scene preparation involved to accommodate 50-60 people play music together once a month. Thanks to her and many volunteers, TACO continues to provide social opportunities and musical education to the community.
In my last sketch I decided to capture a few individual musicians just to show cast different instruments. The tricky part was to connect the subjects together without making the whole picture too messy. I decided to try some technique I saw in Charles Reid's video and I like how the sketch turned out.
After sketching intensely for 3 hours, I was exhausted. But the experience was amazing and no, TACO was not terrible at all! I'm hoping to make it to their December meet-up so I can sketch the orchestra with some choir groups.