To Mention a Few

Vanished Friends

 

Hi everybody and a Happy New Year to all!

This shows the progression of a page I

did for The Virtual Paintout for January 2015 where

 the theme for the entire month is Philadelphia.

We can upload up to 3 on the site each month

and this month I may only do one as I have

some other exciting classes to  attend.

Below is the initial pencil sketch done from a

Google Street view I found...that I liked

so many of the details and the two boys

on the steps....I darken the work to

upload so you can see it much better...but it

was quite light.

the next photo show the inking done and that is

also darkened...and not as easy to see as the

scan is. I included the pen which I like

for some work but it turned out it was too thin

for this one and I went over the lines in the end with my

favorite Uniball Vision waterproof fine pen.,,,it

gave me the punch I wanted.  Also I took

this whole work very slowly and you see some of the

notes I made of observations I wanted to

keep in mind. I don't usually do this and thought

 it helped me a lot. 

Here is the final work done in tube watercolors

using waterbrushes for most of it..This street

was tree lined and some people had plants

under the windows etc.  This place

 may have seeds started in the little

 plot by the steps.  The reflections were from

similar houses across the street and trees.

Since this is a small work, about

8 by 5 inches, I left out the coffee cup and

can of soda between the boys...

As I worked on this the song

The Streets of Philadelphia played

over and over in my head and other

thoughts combined to make this a statement

for me on the ones we knew and lost through

the years to the streets or elsewhere---each with

poignant memories and the hope that

all was as it had to be....