Jenny Zhang's sketches of Chicago reflect a 'well-rounded' city
WGN News
[{'start': '7.907', 'end': '9.241', 'text': ">> ALL WEEK LONG WE'VE BEEN   SPOTLIGHTING LOCAL ARTISTS   HERE ON WGN TODAY. WGN'S MIKE   LOWE INTRODUCES YOU TO AN   ARTIST MOVED FROM CHINA TO   CHICAGO TO SKETCH THE   ARCHITECTURE.   >> MIKE LOWE: FOR JENNY ZHONG,   NOTHING IS FLAT. NOT EVEN THE   PAGES IN HER SKETCHBOOK. MAYBE   THAT'S WHY HER DRAWINGS   DISPLAY A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.   OUTSIDE OF THE CHICAGO THEATER   STATE STREET ITSELF IS A   STAGE.   >> THEY'RE GOING TO BE   REPLACING OF THE STEPS   OVERHEAR GOING UP TRACTION.   >> AND JENNY CONSTANTLY ALL   DESERVING WHAT'S HAPPENING ON   THE STREET.   >> YEAH, HERE.   >> IS BRINGING HER OWN FRONT   ROW SEAT. TO THE DAILY DRAMA   OF CONSTRUCTION AND COMMOTION.   >> IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE, GREAT   PEOPLE, CARS. WHAT'S HAPPENING   IN THE CITY?   >> JOAN IS A SKETCH ARTIST.   EVERY TIME WHEN I FACING A   BLANK CANVAS, IT HAS SO MANY   POSSIBILITIES USING WATERCOLOR   PAINT COLORED PENCILS AND A   FOUNTAIN PEN TO DOCUMENT THE   DAY. I THINK TO ME LIKE   JOGGING OR DOES SIMILAR TO   READ WHAT WRITE LIKE, YOU   KNOW, YOU REALLY PUT YOURSELF   THERE. YOU ARE. PART OFFICE IS   SAYING YOU WANT TO DOCUMENT   WHAT YOU FEEL AND WHAT YOU   SEE.   >> MIKE LOWE: THIS FAMOUS   BUILDING IS SIMPLY A BACKDROP.   A MARGINALLY FROM CHINA. THE   38 YEAR-OLD FROM CHINA HAS   BEEN SKETCHING SINCE SHE WAS   YOUNG. SHE EARNED HER MASTER'S   DEGREE AND WORKED AS AN   ARCHITECT IN CHICAGO. CITY OF   ARCHITECTURAL LANDMARKS USING   THE TECHNICAL PRACTICE OF   STRAIGHT LINES AND EXACT   MEASUREMENTS.   >> WHAT I ENJOY ACTUALLY   BAILEY BETRAYING MY FROM   ARCHITECTURALLY TRENT, YES.   KIND A WAY TO FREE MY MIND.   >> MIKE LOWE: INSTEAD, SHE   SKETCHES IN A STYLE. SHE CALLS   THE UMBRELLA PERSPECTIVE IN   WHICH ARE SUBJECT SPROUT UP   AND OUT BENDING TOWARD   VANISHING POINTS.   >> IT WAS A FRIENDSHIP OR YOU   SEE UMBRELLA PERSPECTIVE. THAT   HELPS ME TO COACH THE FOG   RONDE AS THE MAIN ROLE. SO   EVERYTHING IS KIND WORKING   IRAN THAT.   >> MIKE LOWE: IT'S LIKE A 360   DEGREE CAMERA SHOOTING IN ALL   DIRECTIONS AT ONCE DURING HER   SURROUNDINGS INTO A SPHERE AND   MAKING HER SKETCHES ON FLAT   PAPER FEEL LIKE POP-UP BOOKS.   >> THIS GUY IS GAS THIS IS A   SMALLER SKETCHBOOK. IT'S KIND   OF LIKE A POCKET BOOK. CAN   YOU?   >> I CAN'T REALLY CARRIAGE   WITH ME FOR LIKE. VERY QUICK   CAPTURING.   >> MIKE LOWE: SHE HAS DOZENS   OF SKETCHBOOKS FULL OVER   CHICAGO AND INTERNATIONAL   URBAN ADVENTURES, WHICH ARE   FEATURED AT THE ARTFUL FRAMER   STUDIO IN LAKEVIEW.   >> JI SUK YI: WELL, I LOVE HOW   PLAYFUL THE LINES ARE, WHERE   IT'S CAPTURING EVERYTHING   THAT'S HAPPENING   >> ANA BELAVAL: KIND OF FLUID   WAY. ONE THAT REALLY LIKE TO   DO IS TO JOB MUSICIANS.   >> AND ITS SOLDIER FIELD 116   FOOT LONG SKETCH OF THE   CHICAGO SKYLINE HANGS ON A   WALL ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF   THE STADIUM. WHEN SHE WORKS ON   THE STREET INSTEAD OF IN A   STUDIO THAT THIS IS NOT FOR   HER SKETCHES SPARK CURBSIDE   CONVERSATIONS.   >> ART IS AMAZING. SEE   ANYWHERE. AND SO TO SEE HER   RIGHT THERE CAPTURING THE   MOMENT THAT I'M EXPERIENCING   TO IT MAKES IT ALL SO.   >> MIKE LOWE: BUT HER TRUE   SATISFACTION OF SKETCHING, I   COULD MAKE THEIR DAY IS   DRAWING OUT REACTIONS FROM HER   SUBJECTS. FIRST TIME EVER BEEN   DRAWN. A CONSTRUCTION SITE. IT   LOOKS GREAT WITH THE CHICAGO   THEATER BEHIND IT.   >> IF JUST TO WALK BY, I NEVER   BE ABLE TO TALK TO THIS   CONSTRUCTION GUY REALLY LIKE   GOOD BECAUSE OF THIS SKETCH   BOOK. I START TO MAKE A CUP   CONNECTION.   >> MIKE LOWE, WGN NEWS.   >> AREN'T WE CONTINUES   TOMORROW WITH A STORY THAT   WILL MAKE YOU WANT TO RAISE A   GLASS. YEAH. AND AS A REMINDER   ALL OF OUR WEEK STORIES ARE   AVAILABLE R"}]