Today’s watercolor experiment: I used to pass this Blimpie store all the time. It was on the northwest corner of 14th Street and 1st Avenue in New York City. Blimpie’s was an eatery that used to make submarine sandwiches (sometimes called heros or hoagies, depending on the part of US in which one resides). I […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: During my wanderings around New York City in the 1990s, when I lived there, I would sometimes find scenes that had a combination of image and information that mirrored my inner thoughts. Perhaps such themes are omnipresent but require just the right frame of mind to see, understand and photograph. I remember the building […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Yesterday, I presented my schematic sketch of the entirety of an auto repair shop structure based on a photo I took from the side (diagonally across the street, so I could fit most of it in the frame) and two photographs from the front. I was fascinated to find this out-dated, arched structure in […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: In the 1990s there were many vintage buildings in Manhattan. On East 25th in particular, there were several buildings with interesting arches and curved roofs, that had been previously used as stables. I understand that this area may have been known as the ‘carriage district’. The problem with street photography, particularly when trying to […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I chose a photo from one of my walks near the East River on the Manhattan side. It must have been early morning or at a time when the light just grazed the surface of an old, retired highway divider. The texture attracted me, plus the hand of the artist. Like the […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I enjoyed walking down Crosby Street in Manhattan during my 20+ years living in that great city. Beginning at Houston Street (pronounced, ‘how-stun’) Crosby runs south. The area South of Houston is also known as SoHo. One of the interesting shops that used to be there (as I recall) was a small storefront […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I have been looking through my archived photos of New York City street scenes. Most of them qualify for membership in my graffiti series. Today’s snapshot, like yesterday‘s, pictures graffiti on a corner of a building. One wall of the corner building is decorated with series of ripped up posters; the other corner […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Nestled in the film strip that I took during one of my walks near the East River in New York City, I found the photograph that I used for today’s watercolor experiment. Its composition is very simple, a portrait orientation of a big, black door (presumably the opening to an elevator shaft […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: I guessed which colors to use for my watercolor sketch below. The photograph I used for reference is in black and white. I took it in the early 1990s on one of my walks up Lexington Avenue in New York City. I used a fine-tip dip pen to ink in the curves of the […]
Today’s watercolor experiment: Normally one doesn’t expect to see graffiti in a nice, tree-lined area. My watercolor below is a scene I happened upon during one of my walks around Manhattan in early November of 1991. It was a beautiful day. I thought the graffiti particularly tasteful. Maybe I was just in a good mood. […]
