NY Water Tanks
The water tanks in New York City intrigue me ceaselessly. And I still love to spend a considerable amount of time hanging out on rooftops, discovering new ones.
Nyc Water Tanks
The water tanks in New York City intrigue me ceaselessly. And I still love to spend a considerable amount of time hanging out on rooftops, discovering new ones. Then the sky changes so many colors during the course of a day, white cotton clouds floating by, shifting shapes as they please. I am compelled to do a couple of these drawings each month, mostly because they make me happy. Some of these are different versions of the same water tank... drawn on a different day, in a different mood, with a different sky.
I don’t have words to describe how fun and liberating it is to contrast the powdery, uneven, whimsical texture of pastels with the rigorous geometrical precision of scaled architectural drawings. It takes a while to get all these disparate mediums and subjects in perfect harmony, and I guess that’s why I enjoy making them so much.
Pastels - 6” x 10”
Paper - 140 lb, acid-free, cold-pressed watercolor paper.
All drawings are exactly the same size, only the orientation changes.
© Sumati Sharma 2023
