This week Michael challenged the Scribble Picnic community with the word prompt, ‘Market’. Initially, I thought about our home state of West Virginia and the simple life of our parents. DH’s cousins lived down a little ridge just past his boyhood home where they had an apple orchard. I remember visiting the Kennedys as a child, DH’s cousins, and the grandmother gave me a large yellow delicious apple that required both hands to hold. It was the sweetest, juiciest tasting apple I had ever eaten. That said a lot because I really didn’t like fruit much because it was too sour to suit my taste but this apple made a believer out of me. I drew this in Procreate on my iPad.
I will endeavor a second illustration but really didn’t inspire me when thinking of the word ‘market’. One thing stood out in my mind above everything else and that’s Market Square Mall in downtown Knoxville.
I imagined this little section years ago bustled with electric energy as a central gathering place for farmers to sell livestock and fresh produce to the community. With that in mind, I began sketching my next design in pencil. It isn’t quite exhausted yet but if I decided to share it anyhow. The illustration got quite elaborate as I busily added details. My perspective is off but I am persevering through my errors with the hopes of purrfecting my art.
My Market Square Mall isn’t exact replication but my work was inspired by the era and environment. You might find the history quite interesting.
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