It has been an unseasonably warm April around here; some foliage is just beginning to bloom, so I went into downtown Chicago on Michigan avenue and did some drawing. I have never been all that comfortable with drawing buildings or painting with water colors, so I thought I would get a little practice at both. I did pencil drawings on site and then went over them with ink. When I got home I painted over them with watercolor paint.
These were pretty quick and easy compared to the other things I usually paint or draw. They are only about 8"x10" (20cm x 25.5 cm) on water color paper. I probably only spent an hour on each one. Not the greatest masterpieces I've produced, but I had fun doing them.
The first one is of a sculpture in Millenium park called "Cloud Gate." It's basically a bean shaped mirror. The second is the entrance to The Art Institute of Chicago. I'll try to get a less crooked photo later.
I'll probably go out into the city and draw/paint more. There are plenty of intresting sites I can think of just off the top of my head.
(The Chicago Theater, The Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza, The Water Tower Building, Navy Pier, Buckingham fountain, Wrigley Field, The Willis (Sears) Tower and the general skyline, just to name a few.)