A Walk Above Ground

Now that the weather is getting a little better, I sometimes opt to walk above ground across town on 42nd street to the Times Square Station rather than taking the shuttle underground.  With the return to daylight savings the sun has been a little lower in the sky and it's been catching the side of the newly cleaned stone of the New York Public Library.  Here's a painting from a recent morning inspired by famous watercolorists like John Singer Sargent.

The New Haven Line Local

As an alternate to the sterile maps of station stops found in the ticket windows and schedule packets, here's my (much more fun to look at) version.  Perfect for anyone who thinks visually!

I know I owe you a sketch....

I know I owe you a sketch.

Actually, I owe you a few.

But I've been really busy,

So forgive me for not giving you something to view.

There are lots of works in progress,

Don't worry I haven't forgot.

You're just going to have to trust me when I say,

They'll be a lot a lot A LOT.

I know this poem is cheesy.

But please cut me some slack.

The'll be new pictures up soon,

So please do come back....

                          (maybe in a few days?)

                                 - Teek

Works in Progress

After two very busy weeks, and a few days in bed with a stomach virus, I'm on the mend.  I have two works "in progress" for you to see.  Both of them were done piecemeal - a little bit at a time.  In fact, doing a sketch in "sections" is actually moredifficult then doing it all at once, because I still have to consider how to draw everything to make it appear as if it's lining up and coming from the same view.  Bearing this in mind, here they are, and remember to check back to compare to see what they look like when they're finished.

Due to the reduced train schedule over the last few weeks, I needed to take an earlier train in during the morning rush.  It gave me ten or fifteen minutes of leeway in the downstairs cafeteria of Grand Central to linger and watch people pause to get their morning coffee or snack.  Can you guess what table I always sat at to get this view?  Check back next week to see if finished with color.

By luck, there were several nights over the past week, that I ended up sitting in a bar car on the train ride home.  Each night I tried to find one or two people to add to this collection.