A sketch of an elevation study for one of my current projects at the office. This is a study for a portion of the rear elevation of the clubhouse at North Hempstead Country Club in North Hempstead, NY. Trying to blend a new addition Grill Room to the existing architecture of a curved ballroom with a majority of glass. Various black pens with Faber Castell Pitt Art pens in grey on tracing paper.
A beautiful day on the beach at Little Harbor in Wareham, Massachusetts. Some interesting seaweed that comes in a multitude of greens from lime green to very dark green. The seaweed attaches itself to small shells for a little weight and then gets pushed along the bottom or suspended in the water by the tides and waves. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The start of a great weekend with some of my college friends in town from the Washington D.C. area. Our class at Oklahoma State University School of Architecture was affectionately known as the Finks. Dinner tonight is at our favorite restaurant, The Blue Eyed Crab in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolor in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Our first pepper of the season and it looks perfect for grilling tonight. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Traveling from New Jersey, I got off the interstate in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. A great little town with cafes and restaurants in the old section of town. This is Maximus Antiques. The layers of plants and flowers were both in front of the shop as well as the roadway medium. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Glen Ridge is a New Jersey Transit station at the intersection of Bloomfield Avenue and Ridgewood Avenue in Glen Ridge, New Jersey.The Glen Ridge, Bloomfield and Watsessing Avenue stations along the Montclair branch were all built in 1912 during a grade separation program by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. The Glen Ridge station, like the Watsessing Avenue station, was set below street level. The brick and Stone station is a contributing property to the Glen Ridge Historic District and the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.Glen Ridge the site of the train station scene in the 2003 film Mona Lisa Smile and the film Far From Heaven. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Faber Castell Pitt Art pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A design concept for a simple replacement structure for the Wareham Boosters Snack and Ticket Stand at the football field in Wareham, Massachusetts. The boosters are looking to raise money and secure a grant for rebuilding this area. This quick study will be cleaned up and used for a presentation to the city. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof ink and Faber Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Phlox is Greek for the work “flame” and is a genus of 67 species of perennial or annual flowering plants in the family. They are found mostly in North America in diverse habitats from alpine tundra to open woodland and prairie. Some flower in spring, others in summer and fall. Flowers may be pale blue, violet, pink, bright red, or white. We have both the ground cover variety that bloom in early Spring and the tall vertical type that is blooming now as shown in the sketch. Direct to paper without lines with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 