As you have seen in a couple of recent blog posts, we were in Brooklyn recently for a family wedding. I love the vignettes every where you look, whether a street corner, a great neighborhood taco bar, or an interesting sidewalk view.
I saw this young man, leaning casually against the edge of the shop window under a tree. I may add color to this drawing; the silhouette of the man against the lit street behind him is striking.
This is my two hundred seventy-fourth daily drawing. Thank you for your continued interest in my view of the world.
I love examining the buildings on city streets. They cut into the sky and descend in a variety of shapes, repetitive, and varied. There is so much detail above the ground. It is luxurious to sit still and observe all the nooks and embellishments. This is the corner of Lincoln and Franklin in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. You can see how I began the drawing yesterday.
This is my two hundred seventieth daily drawing. Thank you for continuing to look at the world through my eyes.
Another image from this past weekend in Brooklyn, NY. Yesterday I posted the view from our wait outside Gueros taco restaurant. After we ordered, we stood outside on the street to wait for our order. As you can see, there is a line of customers working their way to the counter, where an efficient and personable couple of employees make sure your order is just right. We waited on the street, had a nice conversation with a couple who arrived on their bikes. They encouraged us to wait with one of Gueros 20 ounce margaritas, especially on a hot night. There was also a young woman who came out of the deli next door (see yesterday's post), dropped a bottle of iced tea, which exploded across the sidewalk. She sighed, picked up the scraps and moved the glass against the building on the edge of the sidewalk before she moved on. She became the subject of intense discussion between two tables of diners on the sidewalk 20 feet from the breakage. One table was pleased that she picked up what she could and moved the rest to the side. The other table was disgusted by the fact that she left broken glass on the street. The discussion was heating up and I was fully engaged in eavesdropping (hey, open air, tables on the street...). A few minutes later, the woman came back with brown paper bag, cleaned up all the glass, and disappeared into her building to applause from the two tables of diners. So entertaining.
This is my two hundred sixty-seventh daily drawing. I was fascinated by the warm interior visible beyond the outdoor diners, and the complexity of the activity indoors as well as outdoors. I chose to only color the interior because I loved the beckoning warmth and activity.
Thank you for continuing to look at the world through my eyes.
We spent last weekend in Brooklyn for a family wedding at the Botanical Gardens. What a beautiful venue. We stayed a couple of nights in an AirBnb in Prospect Heights. We walked around the neighborhood the first night looking for dinner, and found Gueros Tacos. What a spot... counter service, a few tables, and a line out the door for a variety of terrific tacos. We ordered, and walked back to our apartment with take out, after waiting for a few minutes on the street, watching the city evening, including the train passing overhead. This is the nearby street corner, Prospect & Franklin, and is my two hundred sixty-sixth daily drawing. Thank you for your continued interest and comments.
