More Houses
Slightly wonky drawing done in the eminent company of Prashant Miranda and the East Bay Sketchers in Oakland CA's Spanish Colonial neighborhood on Otis Street pasat Versailles in Alameda, CA Houses in Alameda, apparently, are what I keep drawing. I'm a slow artist, so the appeal may be that they don't move or walk away to do something more interesting than pose. Delightful little Victorian at 966 Park with an overarching old tree Last time I opened my old edition (1984) of Virginia and Lee McAlester's A Field Guide to American Houses. the cover photo surprised me. It is a Queen Ann Victorian like one I sketched! Flag Day Sketch in colored pencil 1601 Lincoln Way, a wonderful Queen Ann Victorian across the street from The Frank Bette Art Center Notice the similarity between the house on the cover of this book and my painting to the left, 1601 Lincoln Way