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.