[D49] Quietest Place #theartassignment

I challenge myself to do one pencil sketch every day. Click here to read about it.
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Name: Ret Samys
Preferred pronoun: he/his
Assignment: Quietest Place
Title: [D49] Quietest Place #theartassignment

The colours didn't come out the way I wanted them to. But that's to be expected, I have no experience in this kind of stuff.

This is my entry to Sarah Green's (and John Green's) The Art Assignment. It's my first time participating, but I don't think it will be my last time.
The Art Assignment is a weekly video challenge about art that anybody can participate in - you don't even have to be skilled at anything! As long as you create and document, it can be written, it can be photographed - and in my case, due to my daily sketches, it is drawn (and digitally coloured).
The Episode 5 challenge was made by Jace Clayton, aka DJ Rupture. Here are the instructions:

1. Go outside and talk a walk from where you live or are staying at the moment.
2. Continue until you’ve found the quietest place possible.
3. Take a moment to absorb it. Then document the place through photography or video. Upload it to your social media platform of choice using #theartassignment.
4. Fame and glory. (Your work might be featured in an upcoming video.)

I watched the newest Art Assignment video. I was restless.
So I went for a walk. I decided to give it a try.
Finding a quiet place in a small town isn't so difficult, but finding the quietest place turned out to be impossible. I thought it would be easier, but it was a sunny day, there are people everywhere, streets and cars everywhere, lawn mowers, a whole lot of bikers... and birds. They were quite loud at places, so that didn't really count, right?
Then, finally, I thought I had found the place. Mid-town (surprisingly), isolated, big walls everywhere - a bit further, there's lots of grass and more plants, but you'll have a street near there.
It took me five minutes (which is more than it sounds like) to have a look around. The place looks old. That's only partially due to the older buildings, some parts were deliberately left unattended, plants grew wildly on a balcony higher up...
I began sketching. I noticed it was getting dark, I had to hurry a bit.
Ten minutes in, two cars drove in, a door opened, people began talking very joyfully and very loudly. I finished my sketch and when I left, they began to play music. I don't think that's the quietest place any more. But it was at one time, for at least twenty minutes.

I was a bit disappointed, but when I returned home, I realised that I had fun and that I will participate in the Art Assignment in the future!


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