Arriving early for a meeting at another club in Douglaston, New York, I came across this wonderful side porch on a small local house. The porch was covered by a trellis supported by round Tuscan columns. The trellis was covered with wisteria that was on the verge of blooming. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
Sitting outside the Convention center sketching the Center for Architecture and a street fair across the way. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink, Faber-Castell Pitt art pens and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Another early morning plein air sketch between AIA leaning sessions. Leaning on a bollard in a bustling Chinatown Philadelphia. I tried to bring looser and more interpretive with this one. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink, Faber-Castell Pitt art pens with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick watercolor and ink sketch of a flower stall in the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, PA. Wonderful active space that used to be a railway station. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
An ink sketch of a wonderful park that was part of the original master plan for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A quite oasis in the city that seems to be well used by the local residents. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Pen and Ink drawing in a green park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Faber-Castell Pitt art pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
One final (maybe) from vacation. I think this is the name of this flower. There are thousands on each tree. We saw the trees at the Botanical Gardens and near the pier. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A view of the pier from the beach at sunrise on the final day of our amazing vacation. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Urban Sketching on Fifth Avenue in Naples Florida. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors on 140# Fluid watercolor paper.
The Beach Club in Naples Florida is a great location right on the beach. Sunday nights are when everyone gathers to drink, listen to live music, dance and watch the sunset. I mean everyone. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 