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Monday, January 24, 2011

Congress Avenue

Congress Avenue, L. Daniel, 8 x 10, graphite


If I am downtown with a sketchpad, I inevitably end up finding an angle of our beautiful state capitol. Congress Avenue leads straight up to the big front lawn and it's always a striking sight to look up and see the many layered building.
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8 comments:

  1. Kelley Carey MacDonaldJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:27 AM

    LOVE this! I love the quick, sure way you captured that view. Thanks, Laurel!

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  2. Stephen ParkerJanuary 25, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    Beautiful drawings. There's an amazing peaceful, yet active quality to your strokes.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 25, 2011 at 2:42 PM

    Nice!

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  4. Barbara MuirJanuary 25, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    Gorgeous sketch Laurel,

    Wish I could be there with you.

    XOXOXOXOXOXBarbara

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  5. KarenJanuary 25, 2011 at 8:54 PM

    The sketches are lovely! You remind me to take out my pencil mroe!

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  6. Kathy CousartJanuary 26, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    Love this also! Wonderful, confident rendering of a great composition.

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  7. Mary Sheehan WinnJanuary 26, 2011 at 6:11 PM

    Laurel, I'm loving these wonderful sketches, something I've just been doing myself.
    A beautifully done sketch has a magic that nothing else does.

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  8. Possibilities, Etc.February 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    I'm seeing this now as it was in the 40's - it was hung all the way from the bridge with strings of just plain colored lights. No tinsel or anything. Remarkable and magical to a little child! I like your drawing, as it captures that scene with simplicity, and catches at my heartstrings.

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