Fast Water

prep drawing and initial black added

completed drawing

cold weather drawing: colored pencil, litho tusche, paint stick, gloves

le motif

30 March 2015

The Arch

3/21/2015
ink, charcoal

WIP

Office Hours

Welcome to my office: a stone wall covered with snow.

March 21, 2015
ink, crayon

 Spring is officially here and with it more snow. But we don't care. There's a river to draw. And reflections and patterns of water, snow and ice. Before long I'll be complaining about the leaves, hot sunlight and pollen.
So, I go to my office and get to work!

I started this picture with a light pencil drawing. Then I started working in ink.

Corn snow was falling and accumulating on my paper

The snow melted and diluted the black ink.

March 21, 2015
ink, pencil

warming up with a cup of coffee at Charles River Coffee Shop

Steady Progress

A house finch declare that he's ready for the breeding season to start

Old snowbanks begin to loosen their grip

daylily shoots in a sunny spot

me, sketching trees near the river

Sleepy Swan

The view through one of the bridge's arches reveals a swan resting on a small ice shelf
Feb. 27, 2015

I returned this morning and the swan was over on the sunny side
March 7, 2015

detail