Day 132 "DeLuca's in the Rain" 4 x 9 pen & ink

Charles Street in Boston has so many lovely facades.  This is Deluca's Market, open since 1905, great produce, sandwiches, old-time feel, and wonderful window along this beautiful street.  
This is my hundred thirty-second daily drawing.  I appreciate you're looking.  

"At the Lobster Dock" watercolor & ink 6 x 9

I added some color into my recent sketch of lunch up in East Boothbay Harbor at The Lobster Dock as I continue to explore this painting idea.  Though our trips there were over a decade ago, I can remember exactly what the day felt like, the temperature, the still, humid air, the mixed scents of salt water and lobster boiling, and the shimmer over the harbor as we waited for lunch.  I'm enjoying exploring the past, and have learned a few things for when I make this into an oil painting.  I would make a few shifts so that the umbrella seems to be casting more of a shadow below it... to convey more of the need for the shelter it created.

I'll keep you posted as I continue to explore.  Thanks for looking.

 

"Family Lunch" watercolor & ink 7 x 9

First take on this image from a local burger joint.  I liked the backlit family having lunch one afternoon. I am enjoying the juxtaposition of figures against structural framing, and the light streaming in the doorway.  People watching is one of my favorite pastimes.  Last year I brought each of my 8th grade math classes to a local sandwich shop.  I gave them each a math packet which they worked on while they ate and chatted.  This year, I plan to bring my art project students with their sketch books.  I'll give them some direction ahead of time about how to sketch scenes without making anyone self conscious.  Should be fun!  I'm planning to make another go at this image.  

Thanks for looking!