Painting in the City

Class 6, Chelsea Market

2009-02-27T20:23:00.008-05:00

Class 5, Angel Orensanz Foundation

2009-02-23T13:52:00.039-05:00

We painted for about 2.5 hours in the beautiful sanctuary of Angel Orensanz.

This is actually out of place, it was painted last week, outdoors in the cold, by the Judge, at Eldridge Street Museum.

The following sequence shows the development of a watercolor. First the painting is begun on site and worked up as much as time allows and then the subsequent painitngs are developed from a reference photograph, memory and imagination.

Class 5, Angel Orensanz Foundation

2009-02-20T22:30:00.009-05:00

We will meet at Angel Orensanz Foundation Center for the Arts at 3:00 pm to paint in the sanctuary. The Foundation is located at 172 Norfolk Street, New York, NY 10002. My cell number is 917.617.9039 in case anyone has any questions or delays, etc.

A small portable stool is good to have so bring one if you like.

Color Wheel

2009-02-16T17:51:00.019-05:00

At the end of last class at Eldridge Sreet, I started to talk about a color wheel and I showed a piece of cardboard with the color wheel geometry from Johannes Itten, The Elements of Color.

Above is an example of the wheel painted with colors from an impressionist palette.

This color wheel is painted with colors from a very limited old master palette.

This piece of cardboard has the color wheel geometry drawn out and holes are punched at certain points so that a sharp lead can be put through to mark certain points from which many wheels can be constructed quicker for color testing and experimentation.

There are certain geometric similarities between the rose window and the color wheel, for instance, the number twelve.

Class 4, Eldridge Street Synagogue

2009-02-15T19:34:00.009-05:00

Class 4, Eldridge Street Synagogue

2009-02-11T17:25:00.009-05:00

We'll meet at Eldridge Street Synagogue. The Museum at Eldridge Street is located at 12 Eldridge Street, between Canal & Division Streets in Lower Manhattan. It is 3 blocks east of Bowery and 1 block west of Allen Street. If you need help getting here, call us at 212.219.0302.

Subway

F train to East Broadway
Follow signs to Rutgers Street exit; exit and proceed
four blocks west on Canal. Turn left on Eldridge Street.
The Synagogue will be on your left.
(5 minute walk from subway).

B & D to Grand Street
Walk one block east on Grand Street to Eldridge Street.
Turn right onto Eldridge and walk south 2� blocks.
The Synagogue will be on your left.
(5 min walk from subway).

#6, N or R train to Canal Street station.
Walk east on the north side of Canal Street. Continue
walking east past the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge.
Turn right on Eldridge Street. The Synagogue will be
on your left. (10 min walk from subway).

Bus

M15 (Second Avenue)
to corner of Canal and Allen Streets. Walk one block
west on Canal Street and take a left on
Eldridge Street. The Synagogue will be on your left. (2 minute walk from bus stop).

M9 (between Union Square & Battery Park City)
to East Broadway and Market Street. Walk north on Eldridge (just east of Market). The Synagogue will be on your right. (3 minute walk from bus stop).

Approximately 6 blocks west of the Educational Alliance.

Class 3, American Indian Museum, Bowling Green

2009-02-09T08:55:00.017-05:00

Painting in Bowling Green, the site where Peter Minuit allegedly purchased Manhattan Island from the Native Americans with a variety of goods valued at $24.

Class 3, American Indian Museum

2009-02-05T14:30:00.005-05:00

We will meet on Sunday at 3:00 pm at the National Museum of the American Indian. The weather is supposed to be warm so possibly we could paint outdoors in the park in front of the American Indian Museum. Please send me an email to confirm that you can come: jcooper@studiocooper.com

The George Gustav Heye Center
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House
One Bowling Green
New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-514-3700

Directions:
The National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, is located at One Bowling Green adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park, New York, New York.

By Subway
Eastside IRT: 4 and 5 trains to Bowling Green.
Westside IRT: 1 train to South Ferry.
BMT: R and W trains to Whitehall Street; M, J and Z trains to Broad Street.

Joe Ades sold vegetable peelers in Union Square at the Farmer's Market

2009-02-04T10:57:00.004-05:00

Over time I bought many vegetable peelers from Joe, I'm still using the first one myself and the others were given as gifts. I'm sad Joe's gone. This is a watercolor I did last April. I felt he really deserved a New Yorker cover so I made him one:

Class 2, Educational Alliance Rooftop

2009-02-01T19:16:00.013-05:00

Although it February 1st, we are outdoors on the rooftop painting! It was about 45 degrees. During class I mentioned how much I like a painter named Maira Kalman.

Class 1, Change of Plans

2009-01-27T15:36:00.014-05:00

We decided to postpone the trip to the Seward Library and stay in the drawing room at the Educational Alliance. These watercolors were painted during the first session.

New Painting in the City Class

2009-01-09T18:45:00.026-05:00

Class begins Sunday, January 24, 2009 from 3:00-5:45 pm at The Educational Alliance. We will discuss drawing and painting tools and procedures from 3:00-3:30 pm and then go across the street to the Seward Park Branch of the NYPL and paint on the second floor. The library was designed by Babb, Cook and Welch circa 1909 and is described by the AIA guide as a palazzo for bookusers (on the exterior at least).

Painting in the City 2008

2008-12-27T22:07:00.003-05:00

This slideshow depicts watercolor sketching in and around New York City in 2008.