Gouache Garden Sketch

This is a gouache sketch on the Paperchase kraft paper. There are a few views of folks sitting in the Kogod Courtyard the other evening. This beautiful space is in the middle of the historic Patent Office Building, which now houses the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The museum complex is (very cleverly) open until 7pm, so folks can scrounge food at the Courtyard Cafe before hockey games at the arena right directly across the street.