Victoria - Looking up Fisgard Street towards Quadra Street

A quick sketch looking towards the First Metropolitan United Church. I used a pitt pen on this which has a unique feel to it, It can really lay down a lot of black quickly. I added some quick watercolour too. The tree in the foreground has started to flower and I hope you can make out the touch of pink I added there. I love flowering trees, and they put on a nice show here in Victoria.
I completely screwed up the top of the tower by drawing an arched window there where it should not be! (it is one bay lower). This shows how I sketch I suppose - I block in the major proportions and relationships and fill in the details in relation to the overall structural "bays" on buildings. I thought I was one bay lower on the tower when I drew the arched window. Ah well, it is only a sketch after all...
I like the vertical format, in fact I like it a lot.

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Taken in: Canada / British Columbia / Victoria / Harris Green (show map)

Taken on: January 23, 2006

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Camera: Pentax K100D, f/5.6, 1/90 sec, 43mm (=64mm), ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Pentax K100D
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.011 sec (1/90)
Focal Length:	43mm (35mm equivalent: 64mm)
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	K100D Ver 1.01
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