I sat in the park early this morning, intent on drawing the interesting skyline dark against the morning sky. The variety of spires and trees in this view really grabs my imagination.
As I’m focusing on the drawing I’m surprised when I see a large fog bank has drifted down the stream with the morning commuters. It didn’t stay long, and was quite dense; it appeared solid white at a few points. Pen and ink doesn’t allow for (or should I say, rather, my current abilities don’t allow for) the diaphanous rendering the scene really required. But it was fun till it burnt off and the sun started to blaze.
As I was shooting the image, I found this one too, from a week or two back. It’s very close to the same view, to me even surprisingly so. It’s very stylized; I like it, but I like where I’m going more:
