Alcatraz/San Francisco 11/13
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some photos from Alcatraz
Hi everyone, here's a few photos I took during the Alcatraz SketchCrawl. Enjoy!
http://homepage.mac.com/vplow/sketchcra ... bum56.html
http://homepage.mac.com/vplow/sketchcra ... bum56.html
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Sorry in advance for the long entry, but it was such a crazy work week and I hadn't had time to say how much I've enjoyed looking at everyone's artwork...
miss p
The watercolor is lovely. I love how you splash the colors around to go beyond the literal--very expressive! I dig the street perfs, too!
biga
Great drawings--you really got to a lot of different parts of the island. I was amused to see the tower drawing, where the staircase comes down and stops abruptly (presumedly when the rangers asked you to move on). It makes me pity the poor folks up in the tower who can't get down!
pantufla
If I could, I would proclaim you the cross-hatch king! I saw some other art on your website, and there is some nice stippling work there, too. You have a great sense of the light&dark. And the use of the different colored inks on the different paper--very nice range of work, and all hi quality...
Jen W.
Very nice! I see you ventured indoors--I never made it that far. Nice style in the lines. (And you drew my favorite little truck!)
Léo
Nice sketches. I especially like the people and the gull!
Jeff D
Strong set of visuals, but with a delicate touch. I find myself wondering if you ever add color to your sketches after the fact, or would that violate the immediacy of the moment. They are such great drawings and they scream out for watercolor washes--if you ever did that, I'd love to see the results! (btw, I looked at your web site--you ROCK!! Outstanding work...)
splinesmith
Don't give up your day job. What's with all the buildings? What, they got no humans on your planet?
gdedios
Beautiful work! I especially love that view of the military chapel. Such an interesting building, and you really captured the colors.
hoffman
Wow. ::jawdrop:: Wow. I take it you do a LOT of watermedia. The portrait is engaging, and I just keep staring at the Model Industries building. You achieved such remarkable depth...it just pulls my eyeballs right out of my head and into the (ew!) painting. Outstanding.
John Juan
Nice work, John. The colors are very nice on both (especially the 2nd one). Of course, I have a soft spot in my heart for that truck. Didn't it seem he was the only automobile on the island? I felt sorry for him--all his friends driving the interstate freeways, going to distant destinations all those years, and here he is going back and forth up a hill. I wondered if it was a case of automotive evolution. Like how the animal species on Australia and the Galapagos Islands are so unique because their evolutionary lines became terminated once they became landlocked? There he is, stuck in the late 30s, while just a few miles away there came an endless stream of airstream, fins, convertables, auto transmissions, hood scoops, mag wheels, glass packs, rectangular headlamps, airbags, SUVs, suburban assault vehicles, :hybrids:, etc.
::ahem::
I also wonder if this is why so many of my co-workers think that heavy substance abuse is my thing...
Karen
Wow--nice ink washes--a great compliment to the linework.
larry
A very busy pen you have! Nice job establishing tone with the hatching. Especially in the first page--I like how you create the strong contrast by keeping large areas clean (no linework). I think those are the strongest for that reason.
In all, a great collection of art from The Rock. Also, thank to those who posted their photography. There is some amazing and inspiring work there.
Such a great day--I hope we can do it again soon!
miss p
The watercolor is lovely. I love how you splash the colors around to go beyond the literal--very expressive! I dig the street perfs, too!
biga
Great drawings--you really got to a lot of different parts of the island. I was amused to see the tower drawing, where the staircase comes down and stops abruptly (presumedly when the rangers asked you to move on). It makes me pity the poor folks up in the tower who can't get down!
pantufla
If I could, I would proclaim you the cross-hatch king! I saw some other art on your website, and there is some nice stippling work there, too. You have a great sense of the light&dark. And the use of the different colored inks on the different paper--very nice range of work, and all hi quality...
Jen W.
Very nice! I see you ventured indoors--I never made it that far. Nice style in the lines. (And you drew my favorite little truck!)
Léo
Nice sketches. I especially like the people and the gull!
Jeff D
Strong set of visuals, but with a delicate touch. I find myself wondering if you ever add color to your sketches after the fact, or would that violate the immediacy of the moment. They are such great drawings and they scream out for watercolor washes--if you ever did that, I'd love to see the results! (btw, I looked at your web site--you ROCK!! Outstanding work...)
splinesmith
Don't give up your day job. What's with all the buildings? What, they got no humans on your planet?
gdedios
Beautiful work! I especially love that view of the military chapel. Such an interesting building, and you really captured the colors.
hoffman
Wow. ::jawdrop:: Wow. I take it you do a LOT of watermedia. The portrait is engaging, and I just keep staring at the Model Industries building. You achieved such remarkable depth...it just pulls my eyeballs right out of my head and into the (ew!) painting. Outstanding.
John Juan
Nice work, John. The colors are very nice on both (especially the 2nd one). Of course, I have a soft spot in my heart for that truck. Didn't it seem he was the only automobile on the island? I felt sorry for him--all his friends driving the interstate freeways, going to distant destinations all those years, and here he is going back and forth up a hill. I wondered if it was a case of automotive evolution. Like how the animal species on Australia and the Galapagos Islands are so unique because their evolutionary lines became terminated once they became landlocked? There he is, stuck in the late 30s, while just a few miles away there came an endless stream of airstream, fins, convertables, auto transmissions, hood scoops, mag wheels, glass packs, rectangular headlamps, airbags, SUVs, suburban assault vehicles, :hybrids:, etc.
::ahem::
I also wonder if this is why so many of my co-workers think that heavy substance abuse is my thing...
Karen
Wow--nice ink washes--a great compliment to the linework.
larry
A very busy pen you have! Nice job establishing tone with the hatching. Especially in the first page--I like how you create the strong contrast by keeping large areas clean (no linework). I think those are the strongest for that reason.
In all, a great collection of art from The Rock. Also, thank to those who posted their photography. There is some amazing and inspiring work there.
Such a great day--I hope we can do it again soon!