Urban Sketchers – Page 5 – A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY

C and L Stables – Goddard Park

June 11, 2015June 12, 2015waynejacques2 Comments

After a wonderful evening gathering with co-workers in Warwick, Rhode Island and as the sun was setting on a beautiful day, I stopped into Goddard Park for my daily sketch. The C & L Stables is a wonderful location within the park and very picturesque with the stables, horses, barn and sunken stone lined stable as shown in the foreground. and Goddard Park’s 489.2 acres in Warwick has had a colorful history down through the years. As a private estate, Goddard Park was richly endowed with spacious lawns, fields, and forested areas. This wealthy inheritance of the State still largely remains in spite of the extensive damage caused by the 1938 hurricane. Located along two miles of Greenwich Cove, the park was formally opened to the public on June 1, 1930. Faber-Castell Pitt extra fine black art pen in my Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.

The Independence

June 7, 2015June 7, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

A beautiful morning to sit along the Cape Cod Canal at the Massachusetts maritime Academy in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. The sketch includes the Independence Tug Boat in the foreground with the Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge in the up position and the Bourne Bridge in the background. The Independence was built in 2008, by Derektor Shipyard of Bridgeport, Connecticut (hull # 86040) for Boston Towing and Transportation of Boston, Massachusetts. The tug was based out of Gloucester, Massachusetts until 2012 when the tug assumed escort duties in and around Buzzard’s Bay, and the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts.

Woods Hole Inn

June 6, 2015June 7, 2015waynejacques4 Comments

At the very center of Woods Hole, a storied village playing a lead role in Cape Cod’s colorful history since the 1600’s, stands the Woods Hole Inn. This Cape Cod inn was first erected in 1887, as the area moved beyond its roots as a whaling village and merchant industrial hub, and embraced its future as a cradle of marine science and a summer playground. Originally built with 30 rooms, the four story gabled building was known early on as the Avery House, commanding waterside views of Great Harbor, crowded with merchant sailing ships, as well as the bustling train terminus next door. Back in the day, local lore has it that inn proprietor Mrs. Avery owned a parrot who squawked “Giddyup!” and “Whoa!” from the front porch whenever the horse-drawn mail coach passed. Today, from that same porch, guests can watch the nearby drawbridge go up and down, as it lets all manner of research and pleasure craft in and out of the snug inner harbor called the Eel Pond. Ink work done on site Plein Air and the watercolor added at home later.

Old Pond Spillway

June 5, 2015June 6, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

The Old Cabot Pond/Old Pond Dam is an earthen dam that was built in 1751, and originally supplied foundaries and forges with waterpower. These foundries/forges supplied cannons for the colonist cause during the American Revolutionary War. Forging continued in the area until about 2007. The plaque below the millstone at the base of the dam embankment for Old Pond states that Mulberry Brook provided power to gristmills as early as 1742 and iron foundries and furnaces as early as 1752. Faber-Castell Pitt pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook.

The Blue Eyed Crab

May 30, 2015May 31, 2015waynejacquesLeave a comment

What a great way to end May and bring in summer than with a sketch of our favorite restaurant, the Blue Eyed Crab in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Such a wonderful restaurant with amazing seafood, great location, wonderful staff and a Fantastic Chef/Owner, Jim Casey in the Kitchen. I was able to spend this morning at the “Crab” as they were filming a segment of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives for the Food network. We deserved recognition. Utrecht Watercolors, black Pitt line work in an Alpha Series Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.

High Museum of Art

May 15, 2015May 17, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

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

Coming and Going

May 12, 2015May 13, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

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.

Electrochem

April 23, 2015April 24, 2015waynejacquesLeave a comment

This was the most interesting building in a local office park. The corner with sloped glass and the transparent nature of corner in letting the outside in. The reflections of the clouds and American flag in the glass was great. Faber-Castell black pens in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.

The Art League of Long Island

April 20, 2015April 21, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

The conclusion of a fantastic 3 day Watercolor Workshop with Thomas Schaller. The Architecture of Light. Tom is a great teacher and presents a great learning opportunity. This is a sketch of the Art League of Long Island in Dix Hills. Faber-Castell Pitt black pens in a Stillman and Birn Alpha series sketchbook.

Cold Spring Harbor

April 16, 2015April 20, 2015waynejacques1 Comment

A line sketch while sitting on a bench over looking Cold Spring Harbor on Long Island, NY. The buildings on the other side of the water are part of the Cold Spring Laboratories. The labs are always ranked as one of the top research labs in the world in molecular biology, cancer research and genetics. Beautiful campus on the harbour. Black pen and ink in a Stillman and Birn Sketchbook.