A very quick sketch to celebrate Bastille Day. I tried to be quick and my proportions are way off of the Citroen 2CV carrying the French Flag. Oh well, that is what practice if for. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A sketch of the Woods Hole Information Center on Water Street in Woods Hole, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. The awnings caught my eye along the street. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Soft as a Grape is a clothing store with many outlets in the northeast. This location is in the Brick Block on Main Street in Chatham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, The Brick Block is a historic commercial building on Main Street and Chatham Bars Road. The 1-1/2 story English Revival structure was built in 1914 by Joseph Nickerson, a master mason, to a design by Boston architect Harvey Bailey Alden. It originally housed shops on the first floor and residences on the upper floor and is now listed on the National Registry of Historic Structures. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bullet Proof ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Unlike the modern car or bus, stagecoaches and their teams required regular rest stops along their routes of travel. There were two stops on Old Sandwich Road in Plymouth, Massachusetts and one was what is now the Rye Tavern. The Cornish Tavern was built in 1792 by Josiah Cornish, who maintained the tavern as an inn and popular meeting place for many years. Even after the Old Colony Railroad reached Plymouth in 1845, there was still a need for a resting place of horse-drawn coaches making connections to outlying towns. Taverns in the Plymouth area remained into the 19th century when they were gradually replaced by more modern hotels and restaurants. But in the outlying area of town, along the oldest public road in the country, this traditional 18th century tavern still exists, looking much the same as it did two centuries ago. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bullet Proof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.
A quick sketch of a great building in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. The structure was built in 1905 as the original high school. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Faber Castell Pitt Art pens in black and gray.
A watercolor only sketch of a beautiful red lily in a neighbor’s yard. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick sketch done between meetings while in New Jersey this week. There are beautiful homes in the historic neighborhood along Ridgewood Avenue in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. I sketched this partial view of a stone home from my car on this hot and humid day. In this sketch I laid down the watercolor first and then added the line work after. The watercolor became muddy from overworking. Oh well, that is what a sketchbook is for. Holbein watercolors and Faber Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
We have a Kousa Dogwood tree in the front yard of our house. It is a beautiful tree and the blooms are amazing right now. The tree is a waterfall of 4 pedal white flowers than cover the tree all the way to the ground. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Happy Independence Day here in the United States. A celebration with the American flag and fireworks. This is an imagined image completed in Holbein watercolors and Lukas Gouache on the last page of my current Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Nothing is more American than going to a baseball game during the Independence Day weekend. Today we went to historic Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, home to the Boston Red Sox. A beautiful summer day and a great game between the Red Sox and the Los Angeles Angels (my team growing up). Fenway Park was built in 1912 and is one of the last historic ballparks in the United States. This sketch was completed using a series of 3 photographs that I took during the game. Faber Castell Pitt Art pens with Holbein watercolors in a 8″ x 5″ Moleskine watercolor book across both pages.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 