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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

paris, france

i love me some parisian rooftops.

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Labels: buildings, france, paris

alex eben meyer | 2:21 PM | 4 comments

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

paris, france

i started to get worried that all i did was draw in coffee shops, so ao and i decided to hop across the atlantic to have the opportunity to draw in cafes. seriously though, just got back from a lovely vacation in paris, and while i never draw as much when i'm away as i hope to, here is some wine and cheese soaked sketching (the second drawing is actually wine soaked).

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Labels: buildings, france, paris, sketchbook

alex eben meyer | 9:00 AM | 0 comments

Thursday, August 20, 2009

variety cafe

it's been a few weeks, but time for some fresh coffee shop sketching. midway through this drawing a guy on the street had a seizure. fortunately, the paramedics arrived, took care of him, and apart from looking a bit dazed he seemed okay. this little story in no way has anything to do with this drawing.

yelp: variety cafe

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Labels: buildings, coffee shop, signs, sketchbook, variety cafe

alex eben meyer | 4:03 PM | 6 comments

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

royal baking powder

i stopped by casey rubber stamps today and picked up a new stamp. if you haven't been, casey is an entertaining fellow, full of knowledge, and of course...stamps. it's one of my favorite new york stores. anyway, here is a sketchbook page with my new royal baking powder stamp.

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Labels: buildings, royal baking powder, sketchbook, stamp

alex eben meyer | 5:51 PM | 1 comments

Monday, April 27, 2009

pencil factory

man oh man was it nice on friday, a little hot over the weekend, and then back to gorgeous today. i had some sketching to do, so i wandered across the street for some doodling and a beer (friday, not today, or not yet?).

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Labels: bar, buildings, pencil factory, sketchbook

alex eben meyer | 3:00 PM | 0 comments

Thursday, December 18, 2008

eat records

another breakfast morning at eat.

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Labels: buildings, coffee shop, sketchbook, watercolor

alex eben meyer | 4:23 PM | 0 comments

Friday, December 12, 2008

eat records

met up with the bearded scowl for some eating and drawing at eat records where my friend megan cooks up delicious foodstuffs. if you haven't been, get yee over there.

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Labels: buildings, coffee shop, sketchbook

alex eben meyer | 5:35 PM | 0 comments

Friday, August 01, 2008

pencil factory

happy hour friday, sitting outside of the pencil factory, drawing the bar that's diagonally across the street. i've been drawing a lot of street signs and street lights of late, just lazy i guess.

Labels: buildings, lost and found, pencil factory, sketchbook, watercolor

alex eben meyer | 5:21 PM | 0 comments

Monday, July 28, 2008

newtown creek nature walk

newtown creek is one of the lovliest little spots you can find in greenpoint brooklyn. located in the greenpoint riviera, it is the home to the largest oil spill in u.s. history. yes, bigger than that of the exxon valdez:

Government officials detected the Newtown Creek/Greenpoint oil spill in 1978 and estimated that the some 17 million gallons of petroleum covered more than 50 acres of underground area. Free product exists in large amounts on the water table between Monitor Street and Kingsland Avenue, and extends southeast near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Residual petroleum contamination exists in local groundwater, native soil and fill materials. About half of the spilled oil has been recovered by several oil companies.

(via epa.gov)

on view from this nature walk is the greenpoint sewage treatment plant which actually is kind of cool, however, the views aren't this good. all in all, the walkway isn't terribly impressive, i believe odd would be a better word. nature? there are some plants that look ill-tended. lots of areas to sit, however, not much shade on a hot sunny day, so you get a generic waste treatment building. in the end, probably a better place to photograph than to draw.

- recent newtown creek coversage: new york times
- newtown creek alliance

Labels: buildings, newtown creek nature walk, sketchbook, watercolor

alex eben meyer | 5:36 PM | 0 comments

Thursday, July 24, 2008

brooklyn label

breakfast drawing session with studiomate josh. this drawing is a little bit better in person, but the scan looks kind of garbage. that's okay though, i've been busy and not observation drawing nearly enough, so i'll post what i can get.