Thursday, December 04, 2008

Anyone for skating?

Somerset House Ice Rink
pencil and coloured pencils in sketchbook

copyright Katherine Tyrrell

I visited Somerset House a little while as they were setting up the outdoor ice rink. It wasn't yet open but it had some people skating nevertheless. Unfortunately I found it completely impossible to find anywhere you could see what was going on while outside - so retreated back inside Somerset House and found a staircase with a window which let me look down on the rink and the skaters. However it did mean I had to sketch standing up which severely limits my sketching time so I think I need to get out and see a few more rinks!

Judging by the photograph on the Somerset House Ice Rink website I maybe ought to try going back after dark!

The best rink in London for looking down on skaters is the one at the Natural History Museum as it has a great viewing platform.

The other one I can get to easily is the ice rink at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich - but that's not taking place this year for some reason - which is a pity as it's a good one for seeing skaters up close. See Boxing Day ice skating at Greenwich

4 comments:

  1. I've been there last March... a nice place and particularly the Courtauld Gallery.

    hfm
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  2. What a festive sketch...I love ice skating, haven't done it for some time, so I'll probably be more horizontal..
    ronell

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  3. Here is your frozen water! Did you hands freeze making this?

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  4. The skating one is like a picture card memory of some place I could have been. Love it!

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