Boardwalk Nights

I put in a little time in the Studio this afternoon, continuing my development of the next planned boardwalk print, a long view of a boardwalk at night. What I did was take one of the sketches that I had done while gallery sitting a few days ago and expand it (on a large sheet of drawing paper) from about 8" x 10" to the eventual block size of 15" x 20". The only significant changes to the design at this point is that I eliminated some of the tables and chairs and figures that occupied the ground outside the buildings (the original photo is off a large restaurant building) and indicated some scale relationships by scattering a few stick figures around the composition. The next step is to change the sketched in structures to resemble more the ramshackle haphazard nature of boardwalk amusement buildings, with their combination of arcades, skill games, food stands, etc. As is my custom, I'll save posting any of these early sketches until I'm ready to start the block sketch.