A Comic Strip Style Sketch

On the way to work one morning, I was thinking what else that I haven't tried on my commuter sketch series.  Then this idea of doing a speed sketch from 125th Station point to Grand Central Terminal.  I drew five frames on my sheet, all different sizes, and tried to fill them with a sketch of something that I had observed.  It was a fun exercise.  Later at home, I filled the background with a dark color marker.  Doing that really sets off the fine line sketches I made.  It has become a comics like style that I like.

 

A Day at Storm King Art Center

It was our first time to visit the Storm King Art Center, an open-air museum that contains perhaps the largest collection of contemporary sculptures located in New Windsor, NY.  We were lucky to have such gorgeous weather on this day.  On the 10:30am first run of the TRAM inside the property, we saw a good portion of the sculptures along the way.  Here's a sketch of the couple on the tram with us,

I did a couple of sketches in color.  The natural beauty all around us was just amazing and any sketch won't do justice to the experience.  In the end, we just soaked it all in.   It was a great feeling.

"Mother Peace" by Mark Di Suvero.

"Three Legged Buddha, 2007" by Zhong Huan 

 

 

Music performances at Pershing Square Park

2024-06-05: Wednesday summer performances have begun at Pershing Square Park! I had to pause and watch (sketch) them this evening before deciding to take the next train home. It was a good (quick) sketch exercise for the day!

The workers in harness

Workers in harness dangle outside my office window as they make new conduit.  Not to mention the loud head-splitting sound from the drilling they make on the brick wall.  Well, they were fascinating quick sketch studies though!

 

A Workshop by Carol Fabricatore

I attended a workshop on techniques in mixing watercolor and gouache in a painting.  This was led by Carol Fabricatore and was held near the Conservancy Gardens in Central Park.  It was a beautiful day and I had fun working with colors in this workshop.

The finished painting.

The finished view after adding the gouache on top of the watercolor layer.

Adding the first layer in watercolor.

At the store parking lot

I did some grocery errands and upon returning to my car at the store parking lot, I still wanted to draw something.  Off to my right view, I saw a mother remotely opening the tail gate of her SUV and immediately unloaded her grocery cart into it.  The next car over to her left started the reverse maneuver to pull out from the spot.  Soon, she followed the same as well as the owner of the Audi car nearer my spot.  It was my clue to wrap it up for the evening.

The South Street Seaport

It was a bright, sunny, crisp, spring day at the South Street Seaport on Pier 17 to be with the Urban Sketchers last Saturday.  I volunteered to host this event so I stayed put in one spot to sketch, by the Circle Line Tours booth area, where the sketchers could easily locate me even when they came in later in the morning.  Overall, it was a fun event and a great turnout, too!