Thursday, August 29, 2024

Rail Road Crossing

I had about 30 minutes during which I did a pencil sketch, then messed around with it at home. The X shaped sign reminded me of James Gurney's analysis of the Rembrandt windmill and putting light against dark, dark against light, light against light, and dark against dark; so I tried to get something like that going. I ended up getting more into the overall flow of light, with the RR signal acting as a kind of photonic antenna or Van de Graaff generator.

Ink sketch of rail road crossing signal, with interlay of light and shadow using black, gray, and white ink on toned paper.

Pencil sketch of rail road crossing signal

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