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Brighton Beach – Paintings & Drawings
I just learned about the TV show “Russian Dolls.” Since I grew up in Brighton (long ago) I like to go back often. When I’m there I make sketches or take pictures for paintings and drawings. Since there is new interest in the area, I am posting some of the Brighton Beach work I’ve done in recent years–and will add to it as I create more of them.
Sumi Ink Drawings
I love to do very fast Sumi Ink Drawings that start with little or no goal. Just a page and a brush and me in the middle. I do several on one large page as most are trash. But…each page usually has one to two nice and totally spontaneous drawings…which I then cut out of the page as separate pieces.
” Wineskin” Sketched on-site and Painted from sketch without photo reference
A very good local band called “Wineskin” was playing at Bobby Simone’s as I sketched their performance in a pocket size Moleskine Sketchbook. I didn’t take a picture. Later…I painted it mostly from imagination and the information that the sketch could provide. I like it a lot. Working this way is kind of liberating. I will be doing more live sketches as the only reference for studio paintings in the future.
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- “Wineskin at Bobby Simone’s”