After a long day walking around NYC... it was time for a Caramel Mocha from Starbucks and a sit down... so I wandered my way over to Times Square and just enjoyed people watching... I took a BUNCH of photos, and then sat down and did some sketching & watercolors. I'm really starting to enjoy working in this style.
There were tall buildings and bright lights in every direction. Lots of people at ground level, and just massive amounts of sound. It wasn't particularily noisy, but just an enjoyable sound of hustle and bustle. Even the sound of the traffic at this position was tolerable, and not annoying. It is how one would expect New York to be.
In Times Square are these sitting areas for anyone to use. I sat in one of these semi-comfortable red chairs for a time and took photos, watched the world go by, and then took out my paints.
I narrowed in a combination of images to create the Watercolor of "Times Square at Night". I'm pleased with how the reflection in the skyscraper to the Right of the image turned out. The most difficult part of the image was deciding what bright colors to use for the lights as they changed constantly... making it almost impossible to capture properly. That is why I opted to NOT show any commercial images in the square blocks of light, but just colored squares... this makes it a little more abstract, but it's more accurate in this picture. What is difficult to see in the photo as well is the Crystal Ball that drops at New Year... I had no idea that it was kept up there all year (until almost the end of December)... The rest of the week will include: more images of Central Park, the 911 Memorial, The Brooklyn Bridge, and perhaps more pictures from Rockerfeller Plaza. The ice-skating rink opened today, and I plan on stopping by there a few more times before I leave. I've got to take pictures of the ice-skaters...
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