Day 210 "7:54 PM" 8 x 9 ink, watercolor pencil, and marker

What a beautiful spring day! We got a lot of things done, then zipped over to the Scituate Lighthouse to watch the sunset and the sea.  The water was a beautiful purple under the darkening sky and clouds to the east while the western glow grew more rich.  My eye was caught by the light coming through the window of the house at the water's edge.  There are so many colors in the darks, I want to create an oil painting from this drawing. 
This is my two hundred tenth daily drawing.  Thank you for you interest. 
 

Day 207 "Skyline" 5 x 5 ink and watercolor

Don't you love this skyline?  The buildings overlap beautifully, with the Christian Science Church in the foreground.  I don't know what all the verticals are; in fact some look like concrete monoliths against the sky, without features... but they provide a great counterpoint to their ornate neighbors.  Boston is in a building boom.  I worry it will lose some of its vintage Childe Hassam appeal, but I think if you stay on the streets you will always be able to see and feel the wonderful details and history of this city.  
This is my two hundred seventh daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest.  

Day 206 "Walk Light" 9 x 12 pen & ink

I grabbed this image of people walking across the street at Boylston and St. Cecelia Streets.  I love the bustle of people coming and going, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends, with the backdrop of interesting buildings.  This is my two hundred sixth drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest.

Day 205 "Boylston Street" 12 x 9 ink & marker

Yesterday I zipped into Boston to take my daughter and a couple of friends to dinner in their last week of school for this semester.  I love spending time with these smart, sassy, articulate young women.  They sparkle, and love one another.  I am joyful to be in their presence.  I have a few favorite parking spots I look for in town, which usually involves a ride down Boylston Street, beautiful late in the afternoon with the sun low behind me.  This is the Old South Church catching the late light.  

This is my two hundred fifth daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest.  

Day 199 "After Auster" 6 x 9 pen & ink

Over the years, I have kept a number of images of paintings that intrigue me, that I want to study in more detail, or that I just want to look at longer for the sheer enjoyment.  This pen & ink drawing is an exploration of the value shifts in this luscious Ken Auster painting.  I don't even know the name of the painting, nor where I grabbed it. The value and temperature shifts are so subtle and juicy and effective.   Just look at the man in the background, and the number of "white" colors there are between his hat, the newspaper and the items on his table.  Between about 1.5 values and some very subtle temperature shifts, the entire story is told.  Masterful.  This is my hundred ninety-ninth daily drawing.  Thank you for taking a look.

Day 198 "St. Stephen & Symphony" mixed 9 x 7

I hopped into Boston recently to have dinner with my daughter.  We parked and walked through the sweet little streets behind Symphony Hall over to our favorite grill.  I love the quiet neighborhood with brownstones and interesting stoops and doorways.  When I looked over my shoulder at tone point, I saw the iconic YMCA sign above the brick houses.  When I lived in that neighborhood years ago, I used the Y as my gym.  It had a suspended wooden track above the basketball court space, a clever, and old design that maximized use of scarce city space.  I can hear it now, loud, shoes squeaking on the wooden court floor with the regular pounding of feet on the elevated track.  
This is my hundred ninety-eight daily drawing.  Thanks for looking at the world through my eyes.

Day 197 "After Fitzgerald" marker 6 x 9

I was thinking about Monhegan Island today, and looked up artist, James Fitzgerald.  His work is so powerfully designed.  Here is an example, "Frank Pierce, A Fisherman of Monhegan", oil, 1944, 17 x 23.  Look at the activity in this painting, it is roiling with the action of those gulls swarming about the fisherman's table. The gulls are tied together so well, with beautiful Manana Island as their backdrop.  I did a quick sketch of the design in marker, only darkening Manana in the back. Look how some aspect of each gull is aimed at the fish we can not see Frank Pierce cutting, but we know that's where the action is.  This painting builds space within itself.  It is exciting, dynamic... makes me want to hold it up to people on the street corner, proclaiming its mastery.  Really.  Sometimes you just want to share the joy.  
This is my hundred ninety-seventh daily drawing.  Thank you again for the pulpit.