Rose of Sharon Townhouse on Montgomery Place

A spectacular September day inspired my study of an ornate brownstone townhouse graced by a flowering Rose of Sharon bush. This building is on picturesque Montgomery Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Inked and watercolored on location.

'The Lillian' Column Capital and Entablature

I've always admired the classical porticos on this building on the corner of Garfield Place and 8th Avenue. This is my ink and watercolor rendering of the composite column capital and entablature.

Reproductions of this work are available on James's ETSY shop

Park Slope Sketch Coloring Book

I've created a 'coloring book' comprised of reproductions of 20 of my Park Slope line drawing sketches and spline-bound into an 8.5" x 11" book. I make them by hand here at the office. They're available at my Etsy Shop.

9th Street Bridge Spanning the Gowanus Canal

The 9th Street Bridge has a drawbridge for car traffic and a truss bridge for the elevated train above. The Gowanus Expressway is visible beyond. Ink and watercolor.

50 Prospect Park West-Poly Prep

Pencil on Watercolor paper. The idea was to watercolor it, but I took too long on the sketch and the light changed to an unfavorable position.

14 Montgomery Place

Entrance to 14 Montgomery Place. Ink and watercolor.

Carroll Street between 6th and 7th Avenue

 

Looking up Carroll Street towards 7th Avenue. Friendly neighbors offered me a beer.

All Saints Episcopal Church

At the corner of 7th Avenue and 7th Street, constructed in 1893. I sketched this from across 7th Avenue, in front of the Hospital, where town cars and ambulances are constantly jockeying for position at curbside. A few of the drivers took interest in my sketching and had kind words.

Litchfield Villa in Prospect Park

Sketched sitting on the low wall between Prospect Park West and the Park.

Old First Reformed Church Buttress

The flying buttress gateway at the Old First Reformed Church, next door to La Bagel Delight on 7th Avenue.

55 7th Avenue

Warming up with a sketch of this charming 2-story Gothic building just adjacent to Ozzie's Coffee on 7th Avenue. Pleasant to sketch on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, with jazz coming from the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music across the street.

824 & 826 President Street

President Street near 7th Avenue, two buildings constructed to appear as one, sandwiched between typical Brownstones.

Carroll Street Color

Walking towards 7th Avenue on Carroll Street, on a Sunday afternoon in October. The previous post is a sketch of the buildings on the other side of Carroll, visible in the background here.

Carroll Street at Polhemus Place

The south side of Carroll Street at Polhemus Place looking towards 7th Avenue.

313 Garfield Place

Marker-rendered version of original ink sketch. This building has long been one of my favorites in the neighborhood.

PS 39 Henry Bristow School Color

Marker-rendered version of original black ink sketch. Lately the weather has been lousy on the weekends so I've been rendering the ink sketches I have until I can get out there and create some new ones.

8th Avenue Brownstone

A lovely Brownstone Residential Building on 8th Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn

St Augustine RC Church Color

Marker Colored version of original sketch

Park Slope Victorian Mansion

7th Avenue and Sterling Place. Park Slope, Brooklyn. This is a lovely victorian building with a cantilevered corner tower. It is across the street from the site of the 1960 plane crash.

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower sketched from a traffc island in the middle of 4th Avenue