Odd subject matter, but I needed practice with drawing. These pipes are in the stairwell at the senior center.

Community Gardens, Boulder

Here's my latest. It's from a photo I took a few years ago. The garden hose doesn't look quite natural the way it's lying and the faucet looks on rather than off. I may try another. I'm enjoying using the Micron pen over my drawing before I start to paint. Also, for me right now it seems to work better if I lay in my darkest values first.Here's the photo:

January work 2014

December work 2013

This is the train station between Dubuque and Capitol and Lafayette and Prentiss. The picture was taken facing east

November work, 2013

 

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Late summer work

Street in Dubuque, U of I steam plant, wren house