I loved doing the graffiti sketches of the past couple of months, and I’m sure I will return to more draftsman-like subjects, but for now I want to challenge myself in a different arena. Here is the basis for the art to follow: My Analog Past Everything is digital these days. These days? How about for the […]
Thank you to everyone who enjoyed my graffiti sketches. I’ve listed a number of them below. I plan to start a website early next year where I will display my other art (watercolors and photography). I would like to offer these below, framed and matted in 6″x8″ black photo frames suitable for hanging on the […]
I reached my goal yesterday of painting 2 dozen studies of New York Citi graffiti from photographs I took in the early 1990s, in each of two formats (portrait and landscape). In this farewell post to this series, I decided to paint two more studies to make an even 50 graffiti watercolor sketches. Today’s watercolor […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Just around the corner from my favorite newsstand (now defunct) I came across an interesting scene behind Grand Central Station in New York City. I love the girders punctuated with rivets. I have been looking around for an old Erector Set™ to build my own, but these days, however everything is made […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: One of my challenges today was to find one of my graffiti photographs taken in 1990s New York City, in portrait (or vertical) format. I am two sketches away from completing my goal of 24 graffiti watercolors in each of two formats: portrait and landscape. The photograph I chose was not an […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I am nearing my goal of 2 dozen graffiti watercolors in vertical format, to match the same number I painted in landscape. For today’s experiment, I revisited my ‘Bargain Spot Graffiti‘ post. I used a horizontally-formatted (landscape) photograph for that watercolor study. Today, I used another photo that I took of the […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: The emphasis of yesterday’s post was texture rather than graffiti. Today, in my experiment, texture is a major visual element of the composition, but graffiti is just as important. Today’s study depicts two different surfaces: brick face and wood. The plywood panels are easy to identify, from the details of the wood grain, the knots […]
It was a good one. I was in the apartment of an old bearded man who was teaching me something of great value. I don’t remember what it was. As I left, walking down a narrow stairway, I realized I had forgotten to ask him something. When I turned around, he had already shut the […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Today’s composition is more of a study in color and texture than an example of graffiti. I liked the greenish panel with the yellow block-letter ‘X’ (the name of the bar) in juxtaposition with the yellow door with blue and green printing. I tried to give a sense of grunge to this portrait […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Many years ago, shortly after I got my driving license, I took the car into New York City. It was an overstimulating experience, generating a kind of hyper vigilance. As I was making my way through the crowded streets, a man with a red day-glow flag seemed to be waving me to the […]
