Bradgate

While my wife ran an errand, I did this pencil sketch of a nice house in the West Park area of Cleveland.

Pencil Sketches

 

Here's some sketches that I discovered tucked in my clipboard. They're 8b woodless graphite pencil on loose bond paper.

Museum and Waiting Room

I went to the Art Museum on Sunday and had a chance to check out their new galleries in the lower floor of the old building. It looks fantastic!! And the atrium is just an incredible space.

 

These four were done while waiting for a routine medical procedure yesterday. People in waiting rooms make for great sketching subjects and the lobby made for a fun perspective study.

About Town

Inspired by the penciling from the hospital from the other week, I went out a couple weekends ago and sketched these. While I was at the river a wedding party came up and took photos with the river as a backdrop.

 

I took this panorama photo with my phone while down at the river. I ended up taking more pictures than sketching (still not sure if that's good or bad).

The View From Above

Here's some sketches from this past Tuesday. I was up in the sixth floor of Lutheran Hospital. On one side of the building was an incredible view looking up Franklin Ave. What a great view!! On the other side was an equally nice view looking toward downtown. I wanted to put some more details in the downtown view, but it was time to go.

Parent Teacher Conferences

 

Here are some sketches made while waiting to meet with my son's teachers the other day. One of the joys of parenting is sketching during school events! Over the years I've tried to get less deterministic with my line and let it wander a bit more. It makes for a much more interesting drawing.

Kirtland Historic Village

 

Vines growing on fence caught my eye.

10 minutes sketch of the Mills

 Idyllic setting for sketching, very enjoyable morning out in nature!

Westlake Rec Center

Sketching at the Rec Center after Saturday morning yoga.

Sketchbook

These are from last night. The first two are from a High School band concert, and the last is from a Home Owners' Association meeting I attended afterward.

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Here's two sketches from a sketch crawl a while back. They're in a watercolor moleskine which explains the texture of the paper.

Howdy!

I'm honored to be asked to contribute to this blog. This is the Post Office on Snow Road in Brookpark that is now closed. That's snow you see clumped next to the light pole and stop sign. The P.O. itself is to the very right of the drawing, a simple box shaped building. I think this was done in early 2007, but I didn't date it, so I can't say for sure. Thanks for inviting me on to Urban Sketchers Cleveland!