Thursday, October 13, 2005

Mall Madness –– Blade Runner Lunch

I took my class this week to the mall for on-the-spot gesture drawing. I've done this with every class about this time of year. Drawing people from life as they are on the move really throws some for a loop and is a real struggle, but some students catch on and get into the rhythm. What we are trying to get is energy, motion, gesture, not lots of details and rendering.





I spent a good deal of time coaching and doing little dems for the group, so I didn't get to do as much drawing myself. It was fun and the time flew by fast.




A few of the students and I hit Tokyo Sushi, the sushi bar for lunch in Wilmington. I admit, I'm a pretty new convert to sushi, never being a big fish fan as a kid, nor as an adult, though I do like tuna, catfish and sea bass, even sword fish. But I do like the Philly Roll.


This place was recommended by my student Jessica who eats there often. I tried some salmon eggs but stayed away from the octopuss! Yecch. Calamari strongly disagrees with me. We had some cool Japanese ice cream sandwiches made from ice cream and some sort of bean, they were awesome. I always feel like I'm in Blade Runner when I eat sushi. I keep expecting the cook to say "I just do eyes."

It was a fun lunch with the group then back to school for the afternoon class.

4 comments:

BoneDaddy said...

My girlfriend kind of stumbled upon your blog & show it to me. I like the idea of taking your students to the mall for the gesture drawings!
I'm currently attending AAU San Francisco Online, so I'm getting into the thick of all this as well.

Mike Manley said...

Busted, yes the design of the food is great...but I'm all about the taste:-)

As I continue to explore the world of sushi I'll let you know how it goes.

As far as taking my class, maybe I should do some sort of long-distance-learning thing sometime.

Mike Manley said...

Mad yes :-) Tony is a hard guy to track down. I was in contact with him about doing a article a few years back and he dissapeared again.

Byagi said...

I would give my left arm for some sushi at 1am....