People of Starbucks

Continuing on what will likely be a short lived drawing tour of DC (due to the absurd heat. I am NOT leaving this house...) I hung out with Daphne at a Starbucks and did some drawing. People at Starbucks look so bored. Why so sad coffee person?

Who knew there were such interesting architectual elements to a Starbucks...

The following are paintings from Tuesday. These are based off photographs by Lan Nguyen (used with her permission.) Just some quick watercolors, testing some ideas.

And here are the originals! The tea kettle and cups stood out in particular to me. Plus there is just some fun framing going on with the edges.

I'm a sucker for the macro shots where one thing is in focus and everything else is blurry. This visual obviously played out much better as a photo than a watercolor. Thanks again to Lan for letting me use some of her photos, I may do so again in the future. 

Union Station, Renwick Gallery, More Doors

Today I took a sketching excursion with the new sketchbook my friend Miko bought for my birthday. I love this. It's worth the money for the nice paper and if I see any thing like these, I'm buying 100...

First was a stop at Union Station. A kid about 7 or 8 years old stopped to look at my drawing. He was funny and we talked about drawing tigers. But no tiger drawings for me today.

Next I ventured over by the White House and plopped myself down in the Caribou coffee (it's really hot!) and sketched the Renwick Museum. 

I had never been inside the Renwick before and had actually brushed it off as the "craft" museum, but it's actually REALLY cool. They have an exhibit right now of a contemporary artist doing stained glass images that I can only describe as macabre. Worth a visit, won't take long.

Anyhow, this is a painting sketch based on a piece in their permanent collection.

Lastly I finished the painting of the door! This is based on another photo from my time in China, specifically in an area of historical Tibet. I am a little concerned that the paint is drying much darker and flatter than I expected, so pending how it looks when it is completely dry, this bad boy is finito!

Michelangelo painted manly women

Unfortunately I don't have a model at my every beck and call, so these are loosely based on some famous paintings in history. At least one of is probably identifiable to you as a Michelangelo, but I can't be held accountable for her massive guns. Mikey painted his women that way!

1000 points if you can identify either the artists or paintings the others are based on. 

Detail shot of the above

 Messed up the face on this one, but still pretty happy with the figure. Sorry lady!