Day 17 #stradaeasel challenge

#stradaeasel day 17

Last day carving this tree from life.

I kinda wish I'd left the trunk alone entirely. Oh well! I see a lot more ponderosa woodcuts in my future. #woodcut

#stradaeasel day 16. I worked on the woodcut again. I worked on it a bit yesterday. Maybe I'll pull a proof next week even if it's not finished.
#woodcut

Day 16 #stradaeasel challenge

Had to make a quick painting before class at the Art Students League so I had some fun with neon

Day 16 #stradaeasel
Very fast onion

Day 16 #stradaeasel #stradaeaselchallenge2026 Over half way through. Crane #BoleHills didn’t get the photo when the sky was on fire. By the time I had finished it had gone #briskwalk Definitely chilly

Day 15 #stradaeasel challenge

Halfway through! And a special appearance of a painting from Park Slope, because I had an errand to run 💇🏻‍♀️

It was distractingly quiet...I need my Manhattan cacophony!

Day 15 #stradaeasel
Cheese

#stradaeasel day 15 getting some context for the tree today. Limited palette: burnt umber, ultramarine blue and yellow ochre.

Day 15 #stradaeasel #stradaeaselchsalenge2026 In the woodland #BoleHills. #charcoal Bit of rain but warm on my #briskwalk

Day 14 #stradaeasel
Joltik

My art making options on the train today were digital or etch plexiglass, lol. I went for a digital drawing. #stradaeasel day 14

Day 13 #stradaeasel challenge
In under the wire!

#stradaeasel day 13

Day 13 #stradaeasel
RedXIII Banana
I painted most of this in the dark, and I forgot the feather, but it went okay.

Day 12 #stradaeasel
I may have phoned this one in a bit, but once I got started, it was not so bad.

Day 12 #stradaeasel challenge

Got to teach folks a new word today: façadectomy, when an old building is demolished but the façade is saved and used in the new building. Also known as façadism.