An Armchair Travel Artist

Thanks to Google street maps I can now travel the world from my studio, visiting the streets of towns, villages, and cities in search of the architectural subjects I love to draw and paint. Last year I created a small series of painting depicting food shops and taverns. I'm now working on a series of street scenes focusing on unique regional architecture.

First in this series is Ye Olde Cock Tavern at 22 Fleet St. in London.

Pencil & watercolor  11x8"

PEOPLE - NOT PLACES, part 4

More drawings from the early 1970s

Hands  pencil

Life Drawing  charcoal

Line Man  pen & ink

BEFORE THE ARCHITECTURE AND THE BARNS

In the beginning – always a good place to start – before the notion of pursuing art professionally had occurred to me, I began drawing everything and anything, including people.  Photographs in magazines and the ads in medical journals served as models for my pencil, and occasional pen and ink drawings.   It would be several years before my fascination with architecture and the built environment developed.  Once that took hold I abandoned all other subjects, with the exception of  on the spot drawings during my emergency room years.  Serious interest in barns and the rural landscape came years later.

I would like to share with you some of those early drawings from the 1970s.

Oops   pencil

The Violinist   pencil

Hair   pen and ink

I don't know why I completely abandoned people for places.  Maybe this says something about a latent psychological temperament of mine.

PENCIL AND PAPER

I needed a break from the acrylics and watercolors today and turned to the reliable standby...pencil and paper.

Two west Kentucky barns, each image approximately 6x10 inches.

Livingston Co. barn

On Rt. 45 south

SUNDAY BARN #108

All of my paintings begin with a "thumbnail" sketch to work out the composition, and to a lesser extent, the values.  Not all of these sketches arrive on canvas, and today's barn is one that has languished on this small 1x4" drawing.  Maybe this will be the incentive I need to act on it.

Long Field  Pencil  1x4"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pencil

BARN OF THE DAY 74

Today we go back into the portfolio of pencil drawings for Barn #74, based on a McCracken Co. barn in need of some attention.

McCracken County Barn

Pencil  8x14

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BARN OF THE DAY 67

I just realized how crazy this Barn of The Day posting is.  The last thing I need now is another graphic reminder of how fast the days are going by; what seems like yesterday is already 67 days ago.

But the tiger in me will not allow me to falter, and I will move ahead until every last barn of mine has been posted on this blog.  On the few occasions when I post a newly created piece I will identify it as such.

A Cecil Co Barn (Maryland)

pencil - 9x12

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BARN OF THE DAY 60

I thought we could celebrate this 60th day of "barning" with a McCracken County barn rendered with graphite in this B&W drawing from the Barns & Farms show several years ago.

McCracken County Barn

Pencil on paper

8x14

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I don't know why I don't do more of these...they are so much fun to do.

WAY BACK WHEN...

I'm going way back into the dusty portfolios of the past for this post. I almost forgot there was a time when I was drawing faces and figures instead of barns and buildings. The only firm date I have for these drawings is 1962 for the nude. (makes sense since I was in medical school then.) The other 3 are from sometime in the late 60s and early 70s.