Urban Sketches - Present and Past

 During this time of quarantine, I am reminiscing about the joy of sitting in the city, drawing people as they come and go, with the backdrop of buildings, carving out their shapes against the sky.  The city is fascinating to me.  Often, while looking up at the profile of a building against the sky, I find a carved piece of moulding, a corbel, a detail, in place for a century or more.  I revere these artists gone by who put details in place only to be seen by the few who happen to look in that direction, or who are replicating a contour with pen on paper.  This is joy.
Many of these drawings are now on my website under the "sketchbook" category.  I am donating a portion of each sale to the Elizabeth Peabody House in Somerville, a 125-year old community organization serving via its food pantry and pre-school.  

 As always, I thank you for looking.  You know I love your comments.  Stay well, and be kind. 

"Room with a View" Old Town Portland

Day 217 "Outdoor Room" pen&ink 9 x 8

We have been clearing out and organizing around the house, and reclaimed our porch recently from all the stuff we had accumulated there over time.  It is now a lovely sanctuary... a couple of sturdy wicker chairs, a new rug, sweet coffee table, billowing flag and that's it.  It is my new space each morning.  I love it.
This is my two hundred seventeenth daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest in the world through my eyes.  

Day 123 "Lanai" pen, ink, watercolor pencil

 How nice to arrive at our friends' lovely home in Sarasota FL for a few days.  Their home is graceful and lovely, very open, with a lanai out back that shelters a saltwater pool.  Our friends have a collection of orchids, which are so interesting and varied in their shapes and sizes.  I did a few drawings inside the lanai.  
I loved our time there, we were outside for biking, swimming, eating, walking.. a very welcome change from January here in Massachusetts.  
This is  my hundred twenty-third daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest.