I finally finished the watercolor portrait of Bowie & Weatherford Inc. Booksellers. It only took another day of mason work, some touch up of the windows, and completing the figure standing in front. You can see the progression of this work in these posts: Slowing Down, Shadows Plus Camel Man, The Thing About Bricks. The […]
This is the latest entry in continuing saga of slowing…. down… my… process… of …… watercolor…. painting. Remember yesterday when I said couldn’t see myself painting each and every brick in the Bowie & Weatherford Inc. Booksellers building? Well I did see myself doing that exact thing today. Correction: I didn’t paint each and […]
As promised yesterday, I am working slowly. I added very little to yesterday’s sketch, pencil-wise. My strategy is to work on the shadow areas first and then proceed to try replicating the textures of the building. Most of the shadowy areas fall on the surfaces of the windows and the dark space on the doorway […]
I decided to devote more time to each of my watercolors. Yesterday’s watercolor was a step in the right direction: I drew the Elliott Bay Book Co. sketch the night before I painted it. I think it came out pretty well, although a little cartoonish. In keeping with my bookstore theme, I began a sketch of […]
I dusted off some of my old black and white photographs to revisit some of the other bookstores I once visited. Have I mentioned that I love bookstores? Those of you who follow my blog may remember the Argosy Book Store painting and photo I posted the other day (Argosy Book Store) and the Madison Avenue Bookstore, […]
I had a lot of good times walking around New York City with my camera. I seem to be a person with a good visual sense. There is so much visual stimulation in NYC, one just has to walk around and observe. Today’s vintage presentation: As in my other recent post, the photograph (see below) from which […]
Today’s watercolor sketch is one I did a couple of years ago from my bookstore photographs. Not only do I love photography and books, but bookstores also happen to be my favorite places to visit. When I first lived in New York City, there were a lot of them: Argosy Book Store, near Park Avenue […]
And I feel great! I got four new tires for the car today. It wasn’t that much of an ordeal. Although I wasn’t quite expecting a 2-hour wait, I was prepared: had my walking shoes and Plato’s Dialogs in my back pocket. After a 30 minute walk and part of the way through Protagoras, I decided to […]
Actually my watercolor study isn’t all that big (12″x9″) but it certainly is a lot bigger than the actual avocado itself… Arthur Jr. I’ve been eating a lot of avocados. In addition to being healthy for me, I can’t resist the temptation to see if I can sprout another tree. Those of you who have […]
In maximal contrast to yesterday’s experiment, with nary a pen or ink mark, today’s presentation is all about detail. The following pen and ink sketch was done shortly after I moved to California. When I wasn’t looking for work, I would sit on the back porch, sketching. Back then, I suppose I had a lot […]
