Palma Chemists

Here's a sketch of a familiar corner on 7th Avenue in Park Slope. It is the entrance to Palma Chemists drugstore on the corner of 7th Avenue and Garfield Place. I enjoyed the nostalgia of the signage and the cantilevered 3-story bay window, with the brilliant blue September sky reflecting in the windows. The steeple to the old First Reformed Church is visible in the distance. Freehand ink and watercolor on location.

Prints of this piece are available in my ETSY shop. I also plan to make greeting cards of most of the watercolor pieces I've been doing recently, which will be on the shop too as they are ready.
 

'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

A Brownstone Foyer and Stair

This is the foyer and stair hall of the brownstone where I live. With the terrible weather on Saturday, this sketch was a good rainy day activity. The foyer and stair have beautiful wood detailing. The ornate center column is structural and supports the floor framing above.

Congregation Beth Elohim

Corner of Garfield Place and 8th Avenue

313 Garfield Place

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

8th Avenue Brownstone

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

313 Garfield Place

The entrance to a gorgeous, one of a kind building on Garfield Place, with it's grand curved bay window, the steps cascading around the curved bay. The column capitals between each window have carved faces (that detail will have to wait for another sketch)

104 Garfield Place

 

On Garfield between 5th and 6th Avenue, there is an especially charming row of townhomes. This is one of them.