On Saturday we met at the Coava Coffee Bar, and after we chatted and soaked up the amazing woodwork of that space, we went over to the location where the Taylor Electric Supply company building had been before the big fire in 2006. * El sábado nos
juntamos en el café Coava, y después de charlar y admirar la madera elegante
del café, fuimos al sito donde la compania Taylor Electric estaba antes del
incedio de 2006.
The graffiti on the remaining walls was what first caught my attention, since it was so colorful. It was fun trying to capture the effects of spray paint in watercolor. * El graffiti
en las paredes restantes es muy coloroso, y es lo que primero me agarró la
atención. Es divertido tratar de replicar el efecto de pintura en aerosol con
la humilde acuarela.
A lot of the windows clearly showed warping from the heat of the fire. The rust colors was a rather lovely compliment against the blue sky. * En muchas
de las ventanas, todavía se puede ver cómo el calor del incedio deformó las
ventanas. El color de la oxidación del metal sirvió como un complemento bonito
para el azúl del cielo.
My attention wandered back to the graffiti again. The message "Don't f*** up" was making me want to paint this one extra-carefully, hee hee. * Otra vez me
enfocé en el grafiti. El frase “Don’t f*** up” me dio ánimo a pintar un poco
mejor, je je.
Angelika and I went back after lunch, and I painted this portrait of a burnt telephone pole. I noticed during the time I was painting that a whole lot of photographers and their models kept dragging themselves under the fence. It's a popular place for portraits! We use the term "sketchcrawl" a lot, but for this adventure, crawling was a genuine option. * Angelika y yo
regresamos al sitio despues de comer, y hize este retrato de un poste de
teléfono quemado. Noté que, durante el tiempo en que había estado pintando, un
montón de fotographos y sus modelos se habían arrastrado debajo de la cerca—¡es
un lugar muy popular para retratos! Decimos
“sketchcrawl” para describir nuestros adventuras, pero esta vez, tuvimos la
opción de gatear de veras.
You have achieved the proper rustic look in these drawings. My fav is the one of the rusted and warped window frames.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Deb!
Deletei love the burnt wood!
ReplyDeleteThat was so satisfying to paint! Felt like camping, sitting around the logs of a campfire gone cold. Glad you like it.
DeleteGreat! Love it.=D
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