Calle in Cádiz

View looking down a calle toward the dome of the cathedral in Cádiz, Spain during a walking tour. Impressionistic marker and watercolor tint painting depicting the vibrant colors of the façades. The woman in the foreground had a bold-patterned shawl. The perspective is slightly off. Original size: approx. 5 in. by 6 in. Done April, 2022.

 

Sea Bass

Painting of a yellow tail sea bass done in one hour at a watercolor class onboard the cruise ship Viking Sea in March, 2022. Some artistic license was taken in the depiction. It was finished with some flourishes using pen and marker. Original size: approx. 7.5 in. by 5.25 in.

 

Cádiz Redux

View of the cathedral of Cádiz, Spain from the bow on Deck 7 of the cruise ship Viking Sea. Drawn on site on ship stationery at the end of March, 2022, using pen and marker. Original size: 4 in. by 6 in.

Same drawing as above but with patches of color added by smartphone markup.

 

 

Ukraine on the mind

A re-posting of a sketch from March, 2012 of St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago. Marker on tracing paper and then post-computer-enhanced. The church was designed by Ukraine-born architect Zenon Mazurkevich; and was dedicated in 1977.

Málaga

A quickly drawn sketch of the skyline of Málaga, along the Costa del Sol of Spain, from Deck 10 of the cruise ship, Disney Magic. Drawn on site, May, 2014, using ball point pen and marker on ship's stationery.

It's A Small World

A quickly drawn sketch of the whimsical façade of world architecture in the loading area of It's A Small World, an attraction at the Disney World Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, with color added later, 8" by 4" original size, done December, 2012.

Old Key West

Down at Disney World again to see holiday decorations. A view looking along the breezeway at the hospitality house of Old Key West resort. Quickly drawn with marker on tracing paper, approximately 6" by 9" original size, done December, 2012. 

Magic leaving Manhattan

Sailing away from Manhattan. A quickly drawn sketch of the New York skyline from the top deck of the Disney cruise ship Magic. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, approximately 7" by 10", done September, 2012.

Peggy's Cove

Recently I visited Peggy's Cove on the coast of Nova Scotia, near Halifax. It was very picturesque. These are two quickly drawn sketches done there, felt tip marker on tracing paper, approximately 6" by 10".

Wonder at Night

A view of naval architecture: the two funnels of the Disney cruise ship Wonder at night, standing on Deck 10. Marker and pencil on tracing paper, with sky added later using Paint Shop Pro, 5" by 7" original size, drawn from sketch notes, May 2012.

Epcot France

A quickly drawn sketch of a portion of Epcot France at Disney World in Florida. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 8 1/2" by 11" original size, done May, 2012.

Old Key West

Recently I spent a few days at Disney World in Florida. Here is a view of the hospitality house at Disney's Old Key West resort at dusk looking northeast from Peninsular Road. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, 5 1/2" by 4 1/2" original size, with sky tone added later using Paint Shop Pro, drawn May, 2012.

Rosemont Muvico

A quickly drawn sketch of the Muvico Theatre in Rosemont, near Chicago's O'Hare airport. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, approximately 6" by 9" original size, done April, 2012.

Millennium Park

A sketch of the open-air theatre, the Pritzker Pavilion, at Millennium Park in Chicago. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 6" by 7" original size, done April, 2012. 

Log Home

A sketch of the log home shown in an earlier post, but in a different setting. Approximately 11" by 8 1/2" original size, drawn with Google SketchUp in 2003 on paper and hand finished with felt tip marker.

Greatest Hits

Coming up to six months since I established this blog, I thought that the audience might like to know which posts have been viewed the most. The view of the Tuileries from Place de la Concorde in Paris (top sketch) has received the most hits, followed closely by the sketch of Paris' L'Arc de Triomphe (middle sketch). The most hits in one day goes to the watercolor of Bunny's Liquors in Urbana, IL (bottom sketch). Now, how does one explain the audience's interest? Some of it has to do with the subject matter of the sketches, I suppose; or it might be the medium that the drawing was done in; or it could be the style of the sketching technique. In order to make it easier to find a type of sketch or technique or media, I recently added more labeling gadgets.

O'Hare Office Corridor

A cartoonish view looking east along the Kennedy Expressway from the Dee Road bridge near O'Hare airport. The small office building corridor is familiar to thousands of Chicago area rush hour motorists. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, approximately 8" by 6" original size, drawn March, 2012.

Pickwick Theatre

A drawing of the Art Deco style Pickwick Theatre in Park Ridge, IL, a suburb of Chicago. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, approximately 6" by 8" original size, done March, 2012; with background tone on the upper portion of the building added by placing another sheet of trace with the tone under the drawing. Sky tone was added using Paint Shop Pro.

Log Home

Exterior view (top sketch) and interior view of the great room (bottom sketch) of the log home project in northeastern Illinois from 1995 from a previous posting. Felt tip marker and pencil on tracing paper, 6" by 4" original sizes.

Log Home

Two sketches of driveway approaches to a log home project in northeastern Illinois from 1995. Felt tip marker on tracing paper, each sketch originally 7" by 5".