#39 - 28th Street & 1st Avenue South

#39 - 28th Street & 1st Avenue South - looking South - 11/22/2013
3"x4.25" gouache in Moleskine watercolor pocket sketchbook.

This is the last of this group of black and white sketches.  The sketchbook these are
in has 30 pages.  My plan is to do ten black and white, ten black and white plus one
color, and ten full color.  These limited palette sketches are a nice way to work on things
like my tendency to drift to middle tones.

#38 - 32nd St. Near Grand Ave. S.

#38 - 32nd St. Near Grand Ave. S.,  looking North.  11-08-2013

3" x 4.25" gouache in Moleskine watercolor pocket sketchbook.

#37 - Monroe & Spring NE

#37 - Monroe & Spring NE,  10-24-2013
3" x 4.25" gouache in Moleskine watercolor pocket sketchbook.

#36 - The Incident On 40th Street...

#36 - The Incident On 40th Street
(that ended in the alley between Pillsbury and Pleasant).
24" x 36" oil on canvas, 8-5-2013
(sold)
Here's something a little different.... inspired by something I started a couple months earlier and based on something that happened just prior to painting it.   The style seemed appropriate for this one.

    One evening in late July after we had come in, there was a very loud crash outside.  We ran out to see what it was and found a car askew on the road with its door open and people standing in the alley entrance across the street.  The story was that the driver hit three cars on Nicollet and one of them chased him as far as the light pole that he bounced his car off.  Then he fled on foot.  They chased him down the alley, held him, and called the police.  There were empty booze bottles and beer cans in the car.  At least the child car seats were empty too.

#35 - East 38th St. & 40th Ave. South

#35 - East 38th St. & 40th Ave. South, 06-11-2013
3" x 4.25" ink and gouache in Moleskine watercolor pocket sketchbook.

#34 - 46th St. East & 29th Ave. South

#34 - 46th St. East & 29th Ave. South, 6-10-2013
3" x 4.25" gouache in Moleskine watercolor pocket sketchbook.

#33 - Lake St., East of Aldrich Ave. South

#33 - Lake St., East of Aldrich Ave. South - Looking South - 06-09-2013
3" x 4.25" gouache in moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

This one is from an off the cuff snapshot that might otherwise have been deleted.  All the lines and tilt made it appealing and a good candidate for this group of black and white sketches.

#32 - 1st Ave. Between 1st & 2nd St. N.

#32 - 1st Ave. Between 1st & 2nd St. N. 06-09-13
3" x 4.25"  gouache in pocket moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

#31 - 28th & Polk NE

#31 - 28th & Polk, NE
3" x 4.25" pencil and watercolor in a pocket Moleskine.

A  messy spring day with dirty snow run-off sounds pretty good.
The winters start feeling long through Jan. - Feb.

But, since it's still early enough (sort of) -- Happy 2014!

#30 - 2nd Ave. West of Washington 06-06-13

#30 - 2nd Ave. West of Washington 06-06-13
3" x 4.25", gouache on watercolor paper/pocket Moleskine.

#29 - Lake St. West of Lyndale Ave. S., looking North

#29 - Lake St. West of Lyndale Ave. S., looking North
3" x 4.25", Gouache on watercolor paper - pocket Moleskine.

Feeling the need to work on values, contrasts, depth, etc....

#28 - 712 15th Ave. NE

#28 - 712 15th Ave. NE
24" x 30" - oil on canvas - 2013
(sold)

I have to admit the snow was vexing, to say the least.

I apologize for not posting as regularly as I was.  I had to slow down a little.  Other work got ahead of this, but I've been catching up here and there.  It will continue on and hopefully the pace will pick up again.

#27 - 27th Ave. NE., near Central Ave. NE.

#27 - 27th Ave. NE. near Central Ave. NE
24" x 36" oil on canvas.  04-28-2013

(sold)

#26 - 1st St. & 2nd Ave. N.

#25 - 1st St. and 2nd Ave. N. - 03-04-2013
3"x4" acrylic and ink in a pocket sketchbook.

#25 - 22nd & Lyndale Ave S.

#25 - 22nd & Lyndale Ave S.
16"x24", acrylic on canvas - 02/09/2013
(sold)

It's been a busy summer here!  I hope your having a good one.