Wednesday night sketching

quick sketch from model

St. Mary's Square

Homes built in the 1700's in St. Michaels, Maryland

Smithsonian Castle

On the Washington mall

Figure Drawing

Started drawing from a figure model and it seems the quick sketch poses are over before you even get started.

Mark Twain quote

The two most important days in your life are the day you where born and the day you find out why.

Chesapeake Bay Blue Claw Crab

Small watercolor painting of crab.

Executive Office Building part 2

Executive Office Building, Washington DC
I thought this might be a challenge to draw, and it was. Half way through I thought who is this crazy architect who I think used every architectural detail available to man at the time. Well, Alfred Mullett designed a lot of large buildings in this "Second Empire" style in different parts of the US at the end of the 19th century. He ran into trouble with people not liking them, some of the buildings being unsafe and over budget. He ended his life in litigation and suicide.
Mark Twain called it " the ugliest building in America". George W. Bush helped rededicate it as the Eisenhower Office Building.

Executive Office Building, Washington, DC

Work in progress

Wednesday Night Portrait

Portrait painting from model. Never enough time to  finish.