Sunday, August 31, 2014

The County Fair

A crowd forms around a juggler at the county fair. Watercolor 5x8 inches.

6 comments:

Steve said...

Happy to see the Dutchess County Fair make its annual appearance on Gurney Journey! I'm guessing we'll see more from it over the next few days. As always, a wonderful watercolor sketch. It's almost as though the juggler is a light source within the circle of onlookers. It also appears the building's roof had a temporary location in the middle background, a space now occupied by clouds. Finally, though it's probably not the case, the silhouette figure on the right could be the one making the painting.

James Gurney said...

Good observations, as always, Steve. That phantom roof in the sky was an early lay-in attempted from a different location. It was a stone bench, which we quickly discovered was the busy exit and entrance port for a hive of wasps.

Richard said...

Would you mind sharing how to did the "steak" sign?

Richard

Capt Elaine Magliacane said...

I've been working on adding tiny people to my sketches, love your tiny people…

James Gurney said...

Richard, just a small round. Thanks, Capt.

Tascarini said...

Was this done on location? Amazing. I went to the NY State fair and was visually overloaded.