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.
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