Yet another sketch on the "Thumbnails" page. Done in a similar style to last weeks.

Quincy Triptych

       

        One of my favorite from a trip to Quincy when the garden was there. Cannot tell when this small building turned into a threesome. Has been a long time I am sure; though I have posted that drawing from '97 (From Deak's Mail Box) that has this shed just as the middle shed -though that is artistic license, or more likely just lack of attention or poor memory. That drawing was started in Quincy and finished, I suppose in Lawrence. This one is of the shed and the central tree. There are other drawings done (and to be done) from this little corner of the universe, but this 'ol weathered structure is a nice one. 

Have you been to the thumbnail page to see the sketch I am calling "Southern Hills"?

Exposed Wood

        Ok, here is one done the same day as the Well House. If you look up the hill behind the well house in the previous drawing you will see this little barn. Done in the winter before the snows started.  

Town Barn

       

        

        It has been around awhile. And only a few blocks off main street. I would suppose it held the horse, and perhaps even the cow- for the folk who raised their kids there and probably worked in town. The little “barn” had to have been in use long before people drove around in a “tin Lizzie.” Actually I wonder what the monster house on the property was originally. Looks like it could have been an hotel; and only “caddywampus” from the train depot.

White Redbud Season

        How about a drawing from this week. The pencil sketch was done 8 days ago now; it had been a few since I had done a sketch on location and I needed the opportunity to remind myself what is possible. The ink was completed today. The whole thing represents three to four hours of work; it goes a little quicker when you have no one but yourself to please with the outcome. It also helps to have a little cold wet weather for these kinds of things. I know, everyone is anxious for the weather to get with the program, but it is about the only thing that will keep me in long enough to do a drawing or two. Even at that it is all I can do to resist takin' a walk in the rain! (No one else should be out to disturb your peace and quiet!)

       I have thought for some years that this place might be an interesting drawing. I like the flowering trees that line the south side, and the fence, well... adds a lot of interest in black and white.