Not until we looked twice down this Greenwich Village street did we realize we had an unexpected view of the Empire State Building.
Making informal sketches of these complex city scenes is daunting. My attempt at a sketch of Grand Central Station was so frustrating it ended up in the trash bin. I painted this from a photo I took on location. The only way to handle the scene was by simplifying and editing out a lot of detail, and I’m still not very happy with it.
