30 x 30 Direct Watercolor - Day 25

Day 25 of the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge was done up in Port Jeff at one of the businesses by the waterfront.

Last week the NYC Urban Sketchers sketched at the Elizabeth Street Garden. My last sketch there was only partway finished and had no color added. I used a photo to finish the sketch and added color.

Here is the sketch before I worked on it more.

30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge - Day 18

 Today I joined the NYC Urban Sketchers at a wonderful location. Elizabeth Street Garden is a 1-acre community sculpture garden in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan. It is located on Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring Streets. It is a busy place with a lot of people stopping and enjoying the delights of the garden. There was yoga going on, people enjoying the flowers and the sunshine, people having coffee or lunch, and a collection of urban sketchers enjoying the views. We found out that the city is planning to have the location developed and turned into a 7 story mixed-usage building. The friends of the garden have filed a lawsuit against NYC to stop the destruction of this treasured green space. Hopefully they will succeed!

Here is my Day 18 painting for the 30 x 30 Direct Watercolor Challenge. This is 5 x 7.

I continued sketching in another area in the park.

My third sketch was done on a small balcony and includes two members of our group. It is unfinished, but I plan to finish the left side and add color. I hope to repost it when I finish it.