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December 20, 2005
Bluegrass Sketch at the Station Inn
After some kindly goading by Mr. Porkpop, I've taken a few minutes to scan in a sketch from a few months back, taken while visiting my pal and fellow blogger Michael Ashby who lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
The drawing below was done in the dim light of the Station Inn, a famous place for Bluegrass artists, something like The Grand Ole Opry for Country music:
(click to see a larger image)
Because the sketch done in low light conditions, it seemed a good time to use a speed sketch technique to capture the mood, rather than the visual appearance. The line quality is not exact, rather I let my hand loose to only follow my ears, eyes and heart to try and capture the moment.
It was a fun exercise, and I think the results turned out pretty well. And yes, it was excellent Bluegrass music, played by a band called The String Dusters. Check out the 3 free MP3s on their site. Yeee-Haw! :-)
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