Sketch of Pier Four

Well, my art has taken me in a different direction again.  Lately, I have been struggling with doing full color paintings on site.  It's a lot to juggle in terms of finding a subject, composing, value studies, color scheme and execution.  It can be very frustrating if everything doesn't pan out.  So, I decided to limit my travel kit to a rotring art pen with water-soluble ink and a water brush.  This allows me to concentrate on my drawing, values and washes all in black, gray and white which are our three values I told you about.  This gives me all the information I need in a one hour (or less) sketch to later produce a color version in watercolor or any other medium I choose. 

Today's subject was one I spotted a few weeks ago while riding my bike.  The bike has been a tremendous asset because it allows me to get to places too far to walk and unaccessible by car.  It is a view of the backside of Anthony's Pier Four restaurant.  I had a nice shady spot but had to stand because there are safety railings which blocked my seated view.  Because it was a complicated subject with lots of planes and textures it took almost forty five minutes for the drawing alone.  Once I got to laying in the different tones with the waterbrush it was joyful.  A group of passersby stopped and one young lady said the sketch was beautiful which was my cue to stop.  Some rainy day I will create a color version in watercolor.  Have a great day.

 

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Aug 23, 2009

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