Watercolor Sketch: Left-Handed Bar (from 1991 photo)
I hurt my drawing hand, so I did this watercolor with my left hand.
Monthly Archives: June 2023
Watercolor Sketches: Bar in Lower Manhattan, Church Street (1991)
I’ve been practicing my sketching. I choose an interesting photo from my archives, make places for 8 sketches on 14×20″ watercolor block and start to sketch. I find something new with attempt, even though it looks boring. I also experiment with coloration. I used water soluble inks with a wash on a couple of cells, […]
Street Couches: The Portal (2023)
Watercolor Sketch: Bar on Church (1991)
Watercolor Sketch: Doorbells in Warehouse District NYC (1991)
This is the colorized version of the pen and ink sketch I posted a couple of days of ago.
Pen and Ink Sketch: Corner of Church and One Way NYC (1991)
This is the first of 8 sketches I started. It is on the top sheet of a cold pressed watercolor block, therefore the surface is more textured than the smooth Bristol paper I was using on the sketches I recently posted.
Pen and Ink Sketch: Cyclone Roller Coaster Coney Island NYC (1988)
This is a preliminary pen and ink of a photo I took at the amusement park on Coney Island. I haven’t figured out exactly how to paint the dramatic sky from the photo without overpainting the intricate structure of the roller coaster.
Pen and Ink Sketch: Array of Apartment Doorbells NYC (1991)
I inked this from a photo I took in Lower Manhattan. There were a lot of apartments in warehouses down there. I plan to add a bit of color to this.
