I’m not sure why my photograph of the South Gate House at the Central Park Reservoir is so off balance. I would bet that I could not get back far enough, with the lens I was using, to get a better picture. The beauty of sketching is, one can invent what one can’t see.
I made two pen and ink drawings of this building:
In previous posts, working with grayscale watercolor pencils, I played with pen and ink shading as compared with grayscale (Tunnel, Grayscale Tunnel) and pen and ink shading overlaid with gray watercolors (Grayscale Doors).
Since I have began with a color photograph, I used colored watercolor pencils to complete the drawing on the left-hand side. I tried salvaging the drawing on the right-hand side with pen and ink.
I like the drawing on the left side best.
It’s so shiny and new in your photo (and the drawings too)! These days, it looks worn down and tired. (K)
Maybe the just shined it up that day. I miss being there. Thanks, K.