Fredericksburg Sketches A visual Celebration of our community
By Paula Raudenbush
From My Studio Window I have a small (6"x4") sketchbook that I keep in my purse for those times when I didn't plan to sketch so didn't have my regular equipment with me. Here is a little one I did from the window of my studio at Libertytown Arts Workshop. It's the back and side of the little red house on William Street that faces the end of Washington Avenue. I'm often attracted by roof lines and utility poles. This is a good example of how to draw foliage without much detail. The little boxes along the bottom are decorative cement blocks in the wall next to the parking lot. This lot is currently filled with workmen's trucks and machinery for the construction on the site of the former Free Lance-Star building. There have been a lot of changes around this little house lately but it has managed to stay the same. For now. My sketchbooks often include images of ghosts-structures, trees, etc. that are no longer there and I don't always know when I've sketched something for the last time. I'm looking forward to warmer days when I can once again be out on the streets recording life in our town. Join me! Paula Raudenbush is a local artist and organizer of the Fredericksburg Chapter of Urban Sketchers International (on Facebook at Urban Sketchers Fredericksburg.
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