Caffe Strada, Berkeley

After much discussion among our sketching group about the unusual architecture of this busy cafe across the street from the Berkeley campus, Micaela did some research and discovered it was once a gas station owned and run by the Panhellenic women's group at U.C. to support the Bancroft Hotel next door.  Now it's a popular coffee place, known for its bianca mocha.

Caffe Strada again!

I enjoyed so much drawing around Caffe Strada that I went again today in the afternoon. Here it is.

Caffe Strada again, pigment liner and watercolor, 9x12in

Caffe Strada continued

People, dip pen and ink and watercolor, 9x12in

Caffe Strada, dip pen and ink and watercolor, 9x12in.

It was a beautiful warm night and there were people everywhere around the UC Berkeley Campus. 

Caffe Strada

 As the sun is setting earlier and the evenings turning colder, we

 sketched tonight on the lighted (and heated--with lamps) patio of 

Caffe Strada across from U.C. Berkeley at Bancroft and College.