IN New Jersey once again today for a project meeting and I had a little extra time to drive over to the Jersey Shore. This is a Hotel/Resort tower right on the beach in Long Branch, New Jersey. A beautiful stretch of beach adjacent to the Boardwalk. Faber-Castell Pitt pens, Utrecht Watercolors in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A series of balconies in Little Neck, New York. A quick value study from a photo taken from my car while sitting in traffic. Faber-Castell Pitt pens in black and grey.
A quick ink sketch of the rear of the Pawtucket Congregational Church in Pawtucket, RI. The Italianate/Romanesque style church building was designed by Boston architect John Stevens and constructed in 1867-1868; it is the only known work of Stevens in Rhode Island. The cost of construction was $64,000. The perspective is a little wonky in this sketch with Faber-Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
After the very long winter, Spring is wonderful. All of the young bright greens on the trees and the beautiful flowers. These orange and yellow variegated tulips are along our front walkway. Negative painted with Utrecht Watercolors in a 6″ x 9{ Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.
The Rhododendrons in our yard are bursting out and are beautiful. Rhododendron (from Ancient Greek ῥόδον rhódon “rose” and δένδρον déndron “tree”) is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the Southern Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America. This is my first attempt at negative painting and may be used as a study for a larger painting. Utrecht Watercolors in a 5″ x 9″ Moleskine Watercolor book.
“As you start your journey, the first thing you should do is throw away that store-bought map and begin to draw your own.” – Michael Dell.
So proud of my niece Mallory for success and graduation from Fitchburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. My interpretation of the celebration of throwing the caps in the air. Watercolor and ink in a 9″ x 12″ Stillman and Birn Alpha Sketchbook.
Lunch at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta Georgia.wonderful all white building by Richard Meier. Faber Castel Pitt black pens in a 9 x 12 Stillman and Birn Sketchbook
The view from our room on the 41st floor of the Marriott Marquis Atlanta. Simple line sketch with black as seen sitting in a chair looking out the floor to ceiling glass wall.
Looking up 52 stories in the atrium of John Portman’s Marriott Marquis in Atlanta. Classic building and first of its kind. There must be 30 vanishing points out more in this view. Also the only straight lines are the glass elevator tracks. Black Faber-Castell Pitt pens in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook. Below is a photo from a similar angle if you are not familiar with the view.
After returning from a wonderful vacation, I am in the office for 1 day and then I am off on Southwest Airlines again. This time to Atlanta for the National American Institute of Architects Annual Conference. This sketch of our plan at the gate in Providence will be very similar to the view of my flight tomorrow leaving Boston. Faber-Castell Pitt pens and Pelikan watercolors in my Stillman and Birn Travel Journal.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 