Tag Archives: cityscape
Stairway in Shadow
Cold day in the park. Most of this stairway was in shade, but a strip of light through the trees caught one edge.
Redwood Road
Late afternoon at Joaquin Miller Park, sitting on a low wall, facing downhill at Redwood Road.
Three Strokes
I was shown a warmup exercise called “Three strokes and you’re out.” The idea is to create a drawing using only three lines. One line means without lifting your pen off the paper. These were done at Middle Harbor Shoreline … Continue reading
Playground
Kids were running all over the playground today. I couldn’t keep up.
Simple
Learning to make simple statements from busy scenes, about 20 minutes each.
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The Economy
More and more tent camps visible around the city.
Playgrounds
Playgrounds close up and in the distance.
Progress
At a freeway offramp, a man asking for spare change flags himself with balloons. The local library branch was recently remodeled. It has self-checkout with OCR readers, laptops to lend for in-library use, and I just noticed usb outlets in … Continue reading
Library
This started as a sketch of two old men sitting on a bench in front of the library on an overcast day. Two police SUVs pulled up in front of the library, blocking my view, and when they left a … Continue reading
Tents and Trees
I drew this scene once before, the Here There sign sculpture on the Berkeley Oakland border. At that time it was just big letters on a lawn facing a busy intersection. Now a homeless camp sits among the letters. … Continue reading
