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Urban Exploring



A fun little sketchy piece done on Arches 140lb. block pad.  I like my rural landscapes, but urban landscapes can really be fun and challenging.  I'll definitely be painting this again sometime!

I tried to mimic the photo reference in the angle of the buildings but played with color.  I think I need to go a little bolder/saturated in my colors and bring out the browns, reds and golds a bit more.  I like the blue watering can, but I'm now thinking that should have been a brighter turquoise color.  Maybe in my next incarnation of this image I'll change up the color up a bit more.

 
Short and sweet today.   I've got some works in progress I should start completing!


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