urban sketching 3

Another Georgetown area in-person sketch. This is the Georgetown City Hall - I remembered this building from exploring the area years ago and wanted to give it a try. Perhaps too much perspective stuff going on to get it quite right, but......

Pencil sketch - about 45 minutes .....till I got too cold.

Watercolor added - the side columns are not really so gold - I need to work on my color mixing (sheesh, yet another thing to work on!).  The circle areas are problem angles that I'm asking my Craftsy instructor about. - In looking at the photo I realize I totally didn't notice the steps to the front door when I was there - I guess that's the "in the moment" stuff - more the impression than the exact replication - that would be a photo, wouldn't it?  I obviously simplified it a bit by leaving out all the signs and lightpost, but should have put in some greenery to anchor it.  Well - still learning.

A photo for reference/memory.

This is a challenging path for me but I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far - in spite of the frustrations. Thanks for checking in to see what I'm up to....

urban sketching 2

My second effort at on-site sketching - stopped on the way home and found another interesting building in Georgetown.

I saw something online about being sure to sketch/draw the thing that caught your eye in good detail for later project reference. So, I started with the window and the detail at the columns then drew the elevation view of the building.  Ran out of time to draw in all the bricks - might add them later.

Here's a quick photo of the building from my car across the street.

Here's the detail I can't figure out how to draw.....that pesky roof overhang corner.....

Urban sketching adventure continues................