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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 1d

The entrance to Grand Central Terminal from the One Vanderbilt plaza. .
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 6d

Currently on exhibit in Vanderbilt Hall, Grand Central Terminal, from the creator of Humans of New York, it’s called “Dear New York”.
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I wanted to emphasize the lighting effect here.

The Vanderbilt Hall where the exhibit is being held.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 11d

Yesterday at Pershing Square Plaza.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 13d

NYC Empire State Bldg.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 14d

I got my donut and coffee plus this nice view to sketch.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 16d

Sunday Hike & Sketch near Hook Mountain State Park. .
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 18d

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 18d

Missed train. A new sketch opportunity. .
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 21d

Last weekend at Chelsea Triangle.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 21d

A dumpster-full of discarded office furnitures seen in front of a garment district building.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 25d

Looking west outside of Fulton Street Subway Station. That’s the Oculus and the Freedom Tower.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 27d

Pizza night.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · 29d

The Feast of San Gennaro 2025, NYC (September 11-21). Fun to sketch at this event.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Sep 7

Union Square Greenmarket Saturday. Sketch outing with the NYC Urban Sketchers.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Sep 5

Poznan Stary Rynek. A storybook town square. Sketched the day after the USK symposium. .
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Weekend sketch…

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Aug 28

I sketched the Brandenburg Tor in Berlin on 8-17-2025; It was a good warmup sketch prior to the recently concluded USK Symposium in Poznan.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Aug 17

A Pre-Symposium sketch warm-up hosted by the USK Berlin group. Great day of fun sketching with USK peeps from all over the world. Here’s the Berliner Dom.

A pre-symposium sketch warm-up event hosted by the @berlinusk group. Great day of fun sketching with USK peeps from all over the world.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Aug 16

A Pre-Symposium sketch warm-up in Potsdam. #uskpotsdam #uskberlin

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Aug 6

A steam pipe, not a daily occurrence on my way to work.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Aug 2

Friday Night Pizza…

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I placed an in-shop order for a special pizza pie so I could sketch the scene as I await my order. All good!

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Jul 29

A quick sketch inside a bakery in Mt Airy, Philadelphia.

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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gone to Philly for the weekend and made a sketch of a cafe & gallery.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Jul 26

Daily sketches. Yesterday and today’s entries.
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melbarrancoart.bsky.social @melbarrancoart.bsky.social · Jul 19

A small farm tractor slowed us down on the road but it gave me the opportunity to sketch what I saw. Finished the work later with line hatching.
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The tractor ahead of us was moving slow but it also allowed me to sketch it quickly. Finished the line hatching later.

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