Emeryville Public Market

The Market was busy on a winter evening. Many new food options are open. All look good!
— Cathy McAuliffe

Emeryville Public Market - Post Hoildays

Quick 15 minute sketch. People were coming and going at a frantic pace even post holidays. — Vivian Aldridge

Emeryville Public Market

It was a really rainy night but once inside we all found something to sketch. As you can see from the previous posts the colorful pots at Wazwan Indian Cuisine were a popular subject. _ Cathy McAuliffe

Emeryville Public Market, Too

Kiddie chairs & table, Emeryville Public Market. PaperMate InkJoy pens & watercolor. 

Recently inspired to try InkJoy pens because illustrator Emil Ferris uses them to such effect. Ferris overcame the paralyzing effects of West Nile Virus by drawing the demons of her subconscious. They populate her first graphic novel, "My Favorite Thing Is Monsters." The novel's like a sketchbook diary, and her original drawings were created on lined paper with markers and colored ink pens. Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus calls Emil Ferris: "one of the most important comics artists of our time."

See the work of Emil Ferris:
http://www.npr.org/2017/03/30/522034367/in-monsters-graphic-novelist-emil-ferris-embraces-the-darkness-within

Emeryville Public Market

Indian Restaurant with brightly colored pots of steamy treats on an incredibly rainy night, California has officially ended a 5-year drought.

More on Emeryville Public Market

An ambitious overhaul of the Market began in 2014 with a redesign of the 26,000 square foot food court.  There are spaces for 10-15 vendors with a range of cuisine including Cambodian, Indian, Japanese, Italian--and the ubiquitous Peet's.  The remodel aimed to "bring the place into the modern era" with bold graphics (including a huge mural of a chicken head), a large-scale stone mosaic wall depicting eating utensils, bright yellow kids' chairs and tables, and a big living wall.  While my Cambodian dinner was delicious, I still miss the massive Borders Bookstore that used to adjoin the food court space.

Dinner under the living wall

Dessert option