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  1. There was a large construction site nearby for quite some time. Now there’s just a lone chain excavator standing behind the construction fence.
    The traffic signs were a little further to the left. I wanted to include them in the picture so the drawing would have a bit more sense of depth. 🤔

    #UrbanSketching
    #sketchbook
    #sketch
    #pleinair
    #Graphitint
    #DerwentInktense
    #Waiblingen

  2. The CANALETTO fireworks display always takes place at the conclusion of the Dresden Stadtfest —after dark. 😉 I whiled away the waiting time with a quick sketch.
    To emphasize the darkness, I painted the background with indigo at home.
    #Dresden
    #CANALETTOStadtfest
    #UrbanSketching
    #sketch
    #Sketchbook
    #fineliner
    #pleinair

  3. The CANALETTO fireworks display always takes place at the conclusion of the Dresden Stadtfest —after dark. 😉 I whiled away the waiting time with a quick sketch.
    To emphasize the darkness, I painted the background with indigo at home.
    #Dresden
    #CANALETTOStadtfest
    #UrbanSketching
    #sketch
    #Sketchbook
    #fineliner
    #pleinair

  4. The CANALETTO fireworks display always takes place at the conclusion of the Dresden Stadtfest —after dark. 😉 I whiled away the waiting time with a quick sketch.
    To emphasize the darkness, I painted the background with indigo at home.
    #Dresden
    #CANALETTOStadtfest
    #UrbanSketching
    #sketch
    #Sketchbook
    #fineliner
    #pleinair

  5. The CANALETTO fireworks display always takes place at the conclusion of the Dresden Stadtfest —after dark. 😉 I whiled away the waiting time with a quick sketch.
    To emphasize the darkness, I painted the background with indigo at home.
    #Dresden
    #CANALETTOStadtfest
    #UrbanSketching
    #sketch
    #Sketchbook
    #fineliner
    #pleinair

  6. "An Out-of-Doors Study," John Singer Sargent, 1889.

    I've talked about Sargent before, so I won't go into detail except to reiterate that he was THE great society painter of the Edwardian era whose portraits were in demand.

    Here we have a double portrait of his friend, painter Paul Helleu, and his wife Alice. Sargent was experimenting with this canvas, trying a different arrangement than his usual, and I think it's a lovely, intimate scene. Paul is busily at work on a new painting; Alice, though, looks disengaged and bored. I was inclined to draw conclusions about their marriage but some research indicates they had a strong and happy marriage, and she was quite a business partner for him.

    Wouldn't it be nice to sit by a river and paint?

    From the Brooklyn Museum.

    #Art #Impressionism #JohnSingerSargent #PaulHelleu #PleinAir