Friday, March 20, 2015

Watertower pumphouse


              We were a little early getting "down the hill" to Eldorado.  After a stop at the $ store for some decorations and getting a fillup of gas for $1.67 per gallon, we still had a few minutes to kill, so we drove the 1/4 mile north headed out of town to this location.  It was a steep drop on the old drive off the highway into the mud and the rain, but we made it in & out ok.  I put down my window to draw, but the rain managed to blow in the window so that I ended up looking through the rain running down the window to  do the drawing.   Finished it at home the next day.   Again, I have some pics of this tower but was looking for the chance for a location drawing.  Glad it finally happened. The results are more spontaneous for me than working from a photo.  More spontaneous, yes, but I did not say more true to life.  I have never seen a round pump house at least not with a wooden cistern built above the stone.  Some early Kansas farmer had a creative mind, or else a good memory from "de olt contry?"  Someday maybe we can look inside! The old farmstead is no longer occupied.
             Done in an 11x14" sketchpad with Sharpie markers over pencil.

4 comments:

  1. And the subject.....since we discussed it back in February.

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  2. Good. Was not sure how it would look to people.

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  3. Remind me what subject we discussed in Feb... Are you talking about at our house??

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