Steeples & Weathervanes

New England is full of churches and church spires. I pass a few on my way to the river to draw every morning. Below are two drawings of the Eliot Church steeple. The birds like them too.

11-21-18-weathervane
charcoal, chalk

04-20-14-eliotchurch
charcoal

Starlings on the steeple
2018

Steeples and weathervanes get into my other work. Also: flags, crosses and bannerettes. They just seem to be the only way to complete a spire. This gets redundant but I can't seem to stop myself.

12-25-09b
watercolor, ink

01-06-09a
marker, watercolor

01-09-09b
marker, latex

03-18-09a
mixed media

12-21-14b
mixed media

Starlings

Starlings are one of my favorite birds. I like their blue-collar pedigree and their creative, sociable aggressiveness. They just move into the neighborhood and get noisy and nosy and then they're off: equal opportunity starlingness. Watch out!

11-03-18-starlings
water soluble graphite

10-07-18-starling
charcoal

09-09-17-starling
ink

I know ONE person, a darling starling all fussy and fidgets, beneath those spangles a starless night sky of sapphire bleu.

04-12-15-starling
charcoal, ink

10-26-14-starlings
crayon

  

Autumn Reflections

November 3rd started gray and rainy. But in the afternoon the wind picked up and the sun came out. I was mesmerized by the reflections of the colorful trees as they were mauled by playful windy cat's paws.

Production note: most of the drawings shown here are smallish (in a sketchbook, 8 1/2 x 11"). The bottom drawing shown here is larger and was done in about 15 minutes.

The Charles River flows over the South Natick Dam

11-03-18-reflections01
pastel, charcoal

11-03-18-reflections02
pastel, charcoal

11-05-18-island
pastel, charcoal, ink