Sketchcrawl in SF chinatown

Dragon Gate to chinatown
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

The Dragon Gate to Chinatown, San Francisco. We sat at the Starbucks on on the corner. The Starbucks was convenient but I was sorry that it replaced a small, affordable family hotel. I don't usually spend so much time on one piece during sketchcrawl but I had recently sprained my ankle so I was glad to sit in one place for a while.

Tulips

Tulips P1202191
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

Spring is coming! I started this oil because of the incredible color and freshness of the tulips. I didn't expect to leave it feeling so much like a watercolor, but there was a certain freshness with the "stained" background. I consider this more of a study in this technique. As always, I think I might go back and do more to this someday. I probably think that about all the paintings I have that have not yet sold.

Tea Garden temples

Tea Garden temples P1112151x
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

Saturday was the first sketch crawl of the year, although it was actually Sketch Crawl #21. The San Francisco folks gathered in Golden Gate Park and met at the end of the day at the DeYoung Museum. I started at 11:30 and ended at 4pm. I did 5 drawings for the day and spent the most time on this one. I actually added some of the washes later when I got home.

This is a drawing I did in the Japanese Tea Garden. It was the only ink drawing that I added color. Learn more about sketch crawl at the Flickr sketch crawl Pool or www.sketchcrawl.com

Saturday morning Reading Market PA302121x

saturday morning Reading Market PA302121x
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

One of my favorites places: Reading Market in Philadelphia. I could stay here all day, eating, shopping, drawing, and people-watching. This is an ink wash drawing in my journal.

Mural - day 5 unfinished Tuscan scene

Saturday - day 5 unfinished P8092029
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

I have posted some progress shots of a mural I have been working on. It is not finished but you can see 5 day's worth of work. this is an outdoor mural painted on rough concrete (in Acrylic) . For the series of progress shots from Day 1, please click through to my Flickr account. I also have a mural set that includes this mural in California and one I did in Texas.

101 Construction in progress

101 construction close up P4051907
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

Perhaps not a "pretty scene" as many landscapes are, but definitely plein air. Interesting that someone who stopped by my easel offered to buy this on the spot

Toronto Trip - Sleeping at JFK

Sleeping at JFK P5151966
Originally uploaded by rudisillart.

It seems that whenever I take a trip I think I will have time to paint. Hoever the only "extra" time I ever get is in the airport. Still I am glad that I have so many "models" at the gates. I love the juxtapositions of people forced into close quarters. Everyone wants to ignore each other so no one seems to mind as I draw them.