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29th St. Mall Pavilion, Boulder, 2013

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I did this drawing on location, standing outside and sketching above the 29th st. Mall in Boulder for several hours. I used to take my kids to a coffee shop/playground in this area, so I had seen this view and was back to sketch it. I added color to a scan of the finished pen-and-ink drawing with Photoshop, part of a series of experiments in being able to add color to a digitized image.

In this way, I reasoned that I could add transparent layers of color and easily output that on a printing press.  I was successful in that regard, and this drawing in particular is of interest because the only color I added was of the view of Folsom Field and the Flatirons, up at the University of Colorado, which you can see above the railing.  

 

a photo of a drawing by Jonathan Machen, showing Folsom Field and the flatirons from the upper walkway of the 29th st Mall in Boulder.

This shows you what the drawing looked like as I was doing it! It was geometrically and architecturally complex, and my brain was loved looking at it all and feeling the mind-body connection relate to perspective and architecture. 

29th St. Mall Pavilion, Boulder, 2013
ClientMyselfYear2013AuthorJonathan MachenMediumPencil, pen-and-ink and photoshop colorShare

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