Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Painting Calm Water

  New YouTube video about painting calm water from a chaotic roadside.

Friday, August 16, 2024

Nuit Américaine


 Williams College Chapel, pencil.

You can make a daytime drawing look like night by suppressing detail and softening edges in the darker areas. More on "day-for-night sketching" on Substack.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Variety in Fire Hydrants


Fire hydrants have been made in all kinds of shapes, but they all have five-sided valves, typically in the shape of a pentagon. They require a special wrench to prevent unauthorized access and tampering.