Chandelier

Last weekend the weather was grey and windy. The cold wasn't bad but the lack of shadows and blustery conditions chased the sketchers indoors, mostly (one went out the the river). We went to West End Salvage, one of the places we often choose in such times. It's an architectural salvage concern in an ancient multistory brick warehouse. 

"Chandelier," wc/ink on paper

Attracted by the complex, overlapping shapes, I sat in their coffee bar, sipping a latte, and sketched. The crisscrossing set of heavy beams was one challenge and an antique chandelier that was hung from one of them was another. The only curved shape is the fixture. Getting the perspective and all the triangles and rhombi right was a challenge.