Rock Creek Park and Trees

Today, I went on a little journey. Remember this drawing?





Well, I went through the pergola and down the hill and into the green woods. Only, the woods weren't green. They were sort of orange. Actually, the woods I went into - Rock Creek Park - are on the other side of a hill lined with green trees. That is one of the lovely things about Washington, DC. There are green trees all year long as well as deciduous trees who lose their leaves.
This 5"x7" colored pencil painting was drawn in this woods along with the smell of wet leaves and birds calling from time to time.






And here is today's quick sculpture inspired by the drawing.

Last Night

There was no drawing yesterday. Instead, I spent a couple of hours in the basement making this:









I call it The Captain. He is standing, I think, on the deck of his ship, looking out towards the horizon.

Today I froze less...

It was a really nice afternoon in Washington, DC. From 3PM to 5PM, I stood in a little triangular park in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood and drew this 5"x7" colored pencil piece:


Then, I went home and keeping the theme of columns going, made this:






I call it "Four Lobed Elephant."
Also, I'm working on getting my colored pencil pieces on a website through which people can order prints, so soon I should be able to post a link to that site on this blog... Stay tuned.

Today I Froze to Death in DC

Columbia Heights, Washington DC, 5"x7" Colored Pencil



And the rugby car inspired by this drawing. The original inspiration evolved that way. I started out trying to make a composition of right angles and at a certain point it looked like a cat to me and that was more interesting.

1 World Trade Center

Here is today's 5"x7" colored pencil landscape. It is of 1 World Trade Center as seen from Washington Square in New York City. It was executed partly on site and party on my subsequent train ride. Rather bumpy. Hard to draw, but it got done.
The quick sculpture for today is inspired by the way the tree branches make a kind of frame for the tower in this drawing.

New York Harbor

Here is today's 5"x7" plein aire colored pencil landscape. The subject is New York Harbor as seen from Battery Park - the tip of Manhattan. The light was brilliant - late afternoon sun, but it was cold and windy and I drew quickly.



Then, I went to a coffee shop and make this, playing off the negative spaces made by grasses which you can see in the foreground of the landscape.

Reworking the Consevatory

5"x7" Colored Pencil, Como Park Conservatory
I drew from an original sketch from a few days ago and photographs I took at the time of the sketch. The reworked sketch has more detail and is more precise and crisp than the original.


Taking the image of polygons fitting together in the drawing and then making forms that overlap when seen from above, I made this quick sculpture. Yesterday's quick sculpture involved overlapping forms. In this sculpture, the overlapping forms appear to relate differently, depending upon the viewing angle.