Our first snow of the season. About 5 inches fell overnight and this is from a photo as I was shoveling the walkway. The view is of our Pier mount lights at the walkway stairs. Faber-Castell Pitt pen with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The Worcester Market Building is a historic commercial building at 831 Main Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. When it was built in 1914, it was believed to be the largest grocery supply building in the nation. It was built for Fayette Asyril Amidon, who had founded the Worcester Market in 1894 after establishing a similar enterprise in Providence, Rhode Island. The exterior of the building is terracotta that has been decorated with medallions on agricultural themes. The market was designed with modern ideas of efficiency. The main floor, covering 25,000 square feet, was devoted to retail space, and was designed to comfortably handle 4,500 customers. The basement and second floor were storage space, arranged so that supplies were located near their retail points on the main floor. These areas were connected to the main floor by elevators, eliminating the need for delivery vehicles to move in customer aisles. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1090. Faber-Castell Pitt pens with Holbein and Daniel Smith watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Worcester City Hall was designed by Peabody and Sterns and built by the Norcross Brothers in 1898. The Italianate structure was built with a granite exterior, and was partly modeled after Italian Renaissance palazzos. Its tower shares some similarity to that of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy, and the interior of the building extensively uses marble, commonly seen in Italian Renaissance buildings, and features an interior courtyard where the upper floors have balconies supported by decorated round arches. City Hall is currently the 4th tallest building in Worcester and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. This sketch has a feel of an old post card with the muted colors. Faber-Castell Pitt art pens and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
David Bowie was an amazing artist with his art being music for the world to enjoy. He lived his life to the fullest, releasing his final album only days before he passed away, Here’s to you Ziggy Stardust! This is exactly why I never draw people, especially close up. But the only way to get better is to try and practice often. Oh well. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick sketch of the exterior of the South Shore Plaza in Braintree, Massachusetts. It was a rainy and windy day and this sketch is from the comfort of the car even though I had to twist my neck to see this view. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s ink and Pelikan watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Friday night with friends at our favorite local sushi restaurant. Sushi Joy is located in a strip mall in Plymouth, Massachusetts and they have wonderful sushi, Japanese and Chinese food. Everyone that works there are very nice and we know the bartenders very well. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Beta series Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick sketch of the sunset tonight over Providence, Rhode Island. I took this photo from the highway as I was heading to the airport for a pick-up. not a great photo or sketch, but it did capture the feeling. Faber-Castell Pitt pens with Pelikan watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick sketch tonight of our fire wood in a red tub next to the burning fire. Faber-Castell Pitt pens with Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
One more watercolor sketch of the bouquet of white flowers that I gave to Lisa. Alstroemeria, mums and roses all in their finest winter whites. Pelikan watercolors in a new Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
On the coldest day of the year, I bought an all white bouquet of flowers for Lisa to warm up the house and to think of spring. The Alstroemeria are a beautiful white flower with streaked with purple. The leaves are alternately arranged and resupinate, twisted on the petioles so that the undersides face up. The leaves are variable in shape and the blades have smooth edges. The flowers are solitary or borne in umbels. The flower has six tepals each up to 5 centimeters long. They come in many shades of red, orange, purple, green, and white, flecked and striped and streaked with darker colors. There are six curving stamens. Pelikan watercolors on the last page of a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 