Last weekend was chilly and Saturday was a grey day. Nonetheless, spring is well along here--crocus and narcissi, forsythia all blooming or budding. The sketch group decided on Waterworks Park since the flowering trees in the arboretum are starting to bloom and along the river honeysuckle is almost out.
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| "Bridge on the Raccoon," wc/ink, abt 5x10 |
Two Saturdays ago (March 31) the group went to the same destination. I did a panoramic sketch of the old bridge there that spans the Raccoon River. When we were there this time it occurred to me that doing a different view of the same subject might be instructive. Unlike two weeks ago, there was no one else there. I parked and did the sketch above. As ever, I began with a graphite sketch, laid in color, inked much of the bridge then refined color, value and edges. This took maybe an hour and a half.
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