Todd Anderson

Gray-scale marker drawing of a residence in Rutland, Vermont. A set of trees with large trunks rise, bending upward and in front of a colonial-style home. Shadows from their own limbs race along the trunks bending away from the sharp sunlight, also casting horizontal shadows on the house below its eaves.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a cross-section in downtown Coolidge Corner in Brookline, MA. An imposing building with a clock tower and street level business, decked in Tudor trim resides in the left, overlooking an intersection with signals hanging from long arms on electric poles. Down the street in the distance is a clamor of shapes and flags, as wires string themselves in and out of view.

Couple early morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of the side of a church along Public Alley 435 in downtown Boston. A stone facade in yellow ochre stone presents a sun-drenched rose window below a steep, angled roof. To the left is an extension in red brick and slender windows lining its second story. The ground floor has an arched window and entry. A dark purple shadow from the building on the other side of the alley - behind the viewer - occupies the lower half of the scene, covering part of the facades and snow piled along the alley and empty parking. A bright orange, slender chimney rises in the center.

Church on Public Alley 435, Boston. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Output from a two hour demo I gave at the Guild of Boston Artists yesterday. Lovely time with a lovely crowd.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of businesses along Court Street in Middlebury, VT. A thinning sideway, due to recent snow, runs diagonally in the foreground and separates two businesses. The building on the left - catching the sun and brief shadow from behind the building on the right - has a clapboard facade and a steep roof. The building on the right is an ornate Victorian three-story business with arched trim and covered in dark shadow, except for the right side of its top widow's peak - just catching the rising sun. An electric pole rises on the left, delivering swooping wires to the businesses.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a residence in downtown Middlebury, VT. A gray snowy day casts a shadowless pall on a multi-unit house tucked back from the street. Slender windows in various opening positions run along its facade. A conifer stands, leaning, in the right - its branches burdened with wet snow.

Gray-scale marker drawing of the torso of a barren, leafless tree in a snowy field; its fallen limbs collecting at its base, covered in shadow and protected by reeds and grass shooting out from the snow bed.

Early morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of an intersection along Discesa dei Giudici in Palermo, Sicily. The scene overlooks a corner cafe in old town, Palermo. Towering concrete buildings huddle over shorter, old cement buildings, blanketed in cool purple and blue shadows from the late afternoon sun and heat. A canopy sheet extends over an entrance to the right, above patrons. Rounding the corner to the left, people sit and children play as spots of sun cast bright whites on clothing. The buildings above are carved in stark white and yellow against a blue sky.

Discesa dei Giudici, Palermo. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a church along Route 7 in Middlebury, VT. A blocky tower with open cupola stands in the center attached to a church, with its angular roofs hanging above arched entryways basking in sunlight. A thin bed of snow blankets the road and sidewalks in the foreground as an electrical pole rises to the left.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a house behind a large, sun-drenched tree to the right, scarred by crossing shadows of various limbs. The tree's shadow creeps along the snow casting an upright shadow along the facade of the house on the left.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a sidewalk in front of downtown businesses in Middlebury, VT. Storefronts bend along the right side, presenting windows, awnings, signs and flags leading off to the distance where telephone and light poles line the streets.

Gray-scale marker drawing of trees casting dark shadows running slightly uphill on a snowy ground. A large trunk plants itself to the left, revealing shadows from trunks and limbs of trees behind the viewer as the sun rises from the left. Grasses poke out of snow as leafless limbs peak from above the hill crest residing above the horizon.

Mid-morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of the backside of the Battell Block residences and businesses in downtown Middlebury, VT. A large, red brick facade with ground level wooden panels - painted white - fills the entire scene. Various windows in white and cream trim run along the top two floors, while doors and windows line the bottom floor above basement level paneling and storage. A large, blocky shadow is cast in Cold blue against the building from another building behind the viewer. Dappled light illuminates from windows caught behind the shadow, some reflecting onto the pavement of a parking lot in the foreground.

Behind Battell Block, Middlebury. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a farm in Weybridge, VT. A dilapidated wooden slatted fence separates the viewer from a cluster of buildings across a large field, covered in snow. The farm buildings in the distance huddle together, alternating in shade and angles with no activity.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a house hidden behind leafless trees, reeds and an electrical pole slanting to the left of the scene. The multi story house has several slender windows under multiple snow covered overhangs, as grasses shooting from the snow laden floor.

Gray-scale marker drawing of the side entrance of a church in Middlebury, VT. The marble stone church rises to the right with a rose window above an arched entryway and side windows. A parking overhang extends to the left for the congregation to exit vehicles without getting snow on their shoes.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a back parking lot to a business in downtown Middlebury, VT. Dumpsters congregate with open lids in a snow covered, empty parking lot aside a business with a brick facade. A bulky conifer listens in from the right as electrical wires swoop to electrical boxes lining the side of the building to the left.

Early Sunday value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of an open air hat storage barn along Burpee Road in Bristol, Vermont. Stacks of weathered hay bales are stacked by the left front interior of an open air hay storage barn constructed of aging lumber. Wooden slates run horizontally along the back of the storage behind the bales and small sacks of grain piled to the right. In the background are other wooden structures, led to by the bright snowy ground below a blueish purple, cloudless morning sky.

Hay Storage, Bristol. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a farm in East Middlebury, VT. A fence separates the viewer from the farm, the left portion with its wood slates painted in white, while the right portion of the fence leading to the distance is left unpainted. Trees stand along the fence boundary with forests set hazily in the background. Snow covered the ground while livestock feed in the distance among small barns.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a residence along River Road in Bristol, VT. The side of the house sits in the shade facing a basement entrance and driveway off to the left. Snow runs in horizontal bands below a light gray sky and runs slats down the angled roofs of the house. Tree limbs creep in from the upper right.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a dilapidated barn along Route 116 in Vermont. The elongated barn leans to the left under a steep steel roof, slatted with snow, slowly melting and packing into the bed below and in the foreground. Reeds and grasses poke out of the piking snow before broken boards of the barn facade, revealing dark interiors.

Late afternoon sketches.

Finding it very hard - when the snow is so blinding - that I can't just keep the sky the lightest value.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of an outcropping of trees from rocks and poked snow along the Otter Creek in Middlebury, VT. Against a backdrop of dark vertical lines, thin leafless trees stretch upward from a snow bed covering jagged rocks and dark creases of uneven terrain.

Gray-scale marker drawing of Mill Street toward the intersection of Main Street in downtown Middlebury, VT. The street - a mix of snow, slush and pavement - winds its way toward the horizon, bending to the right below a snow-topped bush in front of a large building with a balcony and deck. To the left are buildings huddling together as they catch sunlight in their upper stories. Telephone poles rise in the center, delivering electric wires to buildings on either side.

Morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of a cafe on the platform area of the Haarlem Centraal train station in Haarlem, Netherlands. A large stone building sets along a platform below a bright gray sky, exposing structural beams. On the left of the building is a gated, Arches entry to the old 3rd class seating area - the upstairs windows darked and lightly reflecting back the sky. To the right is a wooden and glass encased facade to a cafe. Arched dark mahogany windows and doors open to a brightly lit interior in orange and yellow, its upper windows are bright in reflection of the gray sky. Before the blue and gray stone facade is a tiled, purple and dark gray platform for travelers to stand.

Wachtkamer, Haarlem Centraal. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb. Arches Cold Press.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a group of trees rising from a bed of snow. A close up view of a few thick trunks, capturing crisscrossed shadows from their upper limbs, is in center view while thinner trees rise behind, in the distance.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a house along Weybridge Street in Middlebury, VT. The tall, slender, white clapboard house sets covered in angular roofing displaying a large shadow from a tree to the right and out of view. Various slender windows dot the houses facades, topped with a chimney under a pale sky.

Gray-scale marker drawing of buildings along Mauritskade in The Hague, Netherlands. Tall and squat stone buildings shoulder against each other as a slender tower rises to the right. Dark angular shadows run vertically along the structures, telling of the bright mid-day sun from the above right.

Early morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of a derelict garage along Route 7 in Ferrisburgh, VT. Boards from the skeleton of an unfinished roof hold down a dark tarp covering up a decrepit garage. A tattered blue tarp hangs in the wind before the metal slatted facade, with scaffolding peaking out and running along the middle band. To the right is a rusting, white storage unit with "NO" spray painted on its side. Above the garage creep leafless limbs of trees from the left under a pale gray sky, the kind that brings light snow, like that which runs in the foreground mixing with dirt and mud.

Derelict Garage, Ferrisburgh. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of an intersection in Oxford, England. A sidewalk winds its way around a building to the left with a ground floor restaurant and upper level apartments with dormers jutting from under roofs. To the right are large, some buildings leading down the side street to the distance in the middle of the scene.

Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of businesses overlooking a snow filled and empty parking lot in downtown Middlebury, VT. A brick building sets on the left with windows showing half drawn shades. Wires glide along to several telephone poles on the right and lead to a fence. In the distance are several buildings, clamoring together in the cold and steam.

Gray-scale marker drawing of an abandoned garage in Ferrisburgh, VT. Craggy, leafless limbs of trees crowd behind an old garage and shed, decrepit from neglect. A few inches of snow pike in front and against the structures, their windows and doors slightly rusted in the corners.

Morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a side alley in downtown Middlebury, VT. A rickety wooden staircase on the left leads to apartments out of view as a side shed rests at the end of an alley below wintery leafless trees. To the right is the facade of a multilevel brick apartment building. The alley is covered in snow with small shadowy impressions.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in The Hague, Netherlands. A tall slender clock and bell tower rises in the center attached to flat facades of a church with steep sloping roofs. In the background to the right are other apartment and business buildings. The foreground is a cacophony of sidewalk cement blocks and the road with crossing lines. The overall tone is muted.

Gray-scale marker drawing of buildings in Kensington, London. A large white building on the left catches a shadow of the other large imposing buildings to the right. In between them are small ground level shops and stands. Behind is a long, brick multi tenant apartment building running across the middle band.

Early morning value sketches.

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Watercolor painting of a large brick building along East Allen Street in downtown Williston, VT. A two story orange brick building residing on the right takes up most of the scene with second floor apartments and ground level storefronts. An imposing and cool shadow is cast from buildings behind the viewer, cutting angularly from the right along the street and sidewalk and midway up the ground floor. Rectangular boxes of shadow and illuminated fliers in the storefronts echo the panes of the windows along the second floor. To the right is a lower, single story shop under a blue sky.

East Allen Street Afternoon, Williston. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Thank you! I totally get it, too ☺️ I have become very fond of these Tombow markers and find them fun for a little more quick sit down

Gray-scale marker drawing of a gathering of trees rising above a snow covered clearing. Thin and thick trunks mingle, marked by horizontal shadows from branches while in the background a house sets to the right before a mountain range.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a house, set back on its lawn as large trees encroach in the foreground, casting shadows leading to the fencing on the right. Windows and nooks are set behind thin, creeping branches from the left.

Early afternoon value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of dear old St. Bavo in Haarlem, Netherlands. Peaking out from every side street around the old town, the church resides at the end of a cobble street sprouting multilevel store and apartment buildings leaning into each other and creating strong diagonal lines from eaves, window sills and door entries leading the eye to the center.

Gray-scale marker drawing of the side of an apartment building in downtown Montpelier, VT. A sidewalk and street capture the reflected window light below a two story apartment building, with flat clapboard siding and a faux brick first floor facade, exposing an entry door and encased windows. To the left, an electrical pole stands, delivering wires to the apartment. To the right, a lamppost.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in downtown Middlebury, VT. The angular stone church stands at the top of a sloping driveway entrance, its bell tower crowned with stone coronation. Its windows are slender and arched and flank the entry in the center. In the foreground is a wet road leading to the viewer and lined with short bushes and snow covered sidewalks.

Early morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a clapboard house whose side facade is completely blocked by an imposing tree and thick trunk and branches. The sun-drenched bark of the tree catches zigzag shadows from its own branches as it stands in front of slender windows to a light colored house. To the right in the background is a garage.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a clapboard house with a small front porch entry. The front porch has a columned overhang casting angular shadows to the right from an imposing sun on the left and out of view. The fencing around the porch provides shadowed verticals matching elongated shadows from gutters running down the facade. On the second floor above the porch is a pair of windows, shades drawn and dark.

Afternoon value sketches.

We moved into this place almost 9 years ago. The pangs and whistles of its steam radiators will sing this weekend if the predicted Artic Blast arrives.

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Watercolor painting of large storefront windows of a deli, brightly illuminated in yellows and oranges under the pall of evening, in downtown Middlebury, VT. A dark, angular awning to a deli hangs above a lit up interior, dotted with rectangular dark cutouts of songs and fliers attached to the window and capturing the onset of evening. To the right is a series of telephone poles leading to the distance behind the deli, as cars reflect their headlights in damp streets.

Detail of the watercolor painting showing the lit up interior of a deli, displaying signs and fliers reflecting back the encroaching blue of evening. Lettering on signage is non-descriptive, as are the wares inside.

Early Evening Deli. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Been really into trying my hand at nocturnes, but "success" (read: didn't crumple up paper in frustration) rate is near 10%.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of businesses in downtown Middlebury, VT. A blocky, two story brick building on the left catches the mid-day sun casting shadows to the right and up along a neighboring building, separated by a canopied terrace. The building on the right is a story taller and has a ground level restaurant bay window encased in wide trim.

Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of apartment buildings along Mill Street in Middlebury, VT. A multi-story building on the left tilts slightly toward another building on the right, separated by a staircase leading to side entrances to apartments for both. In the foreground is some overgrown brush among snow in an empty parking lot and collapsing dumpster.

Late afternoon value sketches.

In between completely ruining a ton of decent watercolor paper, I return to these markers.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of telephone pole repair persons in downtown Middlebury, VT. A construction vehicle is parked along the side of the road along with heavy equipment for electricians to be lifted to transformers on a telephone pole to the right. On the left, in the background is the steeple of a church. In the background, below the worker is a multi-story apartment building. In the foreground, lower left is a construction sign of a flagger.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a storefront in downtown Middlebury, VT. The dark evening sky hangs above a single story building with a large angular top to its facade for signage. The ground level displays various wares in a large storefront window to the left. On the right in bright artificial lighting is an entrance to the shop, closed due to the lateness of the hour.

Gray-scale marker drawing of trees lining a snowy sidewalk up hill, leading to a dwelling in the distance on the right. Darkened trees lay the backdrop for the craggy branches of leafless trees in the foreground.

Early morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of an abandoned residence in downtown Middlebury, VT. Two multi-story buildings are joined obliquely, creating a porch in the center with arched columned entries. The sun, from the right, cuts angles under eaves and along facades, darling in the porch and entries.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a church side entrance in The Hague, Netherlands. A tall, slender tower rises in the background in the left center, behind a blocky church with a small office entry in the center. To the right is a brick residence with a bright white dormer poking out from a dark slate roof.

Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, VT. A house sits alone on a large snowy lawn. Thin, leafless trees and grass poke out of the snow bed leading to the back entrance. In the background is dark brush and neighbors.

Early morning value sketch.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a house along Pleasant Street in downtown Middlebury, VT. A large tree, to the right and out of view, casts an imposing shadow on a white clapboard house. The A-frame front facade has slender windows and an entrance with a side offshoot of a screened in porch. Before the house are stairs and a sidewalk. To the left is another imposing tree, in view, with its branches creeping overhead to the right.

Gray-scale marker drawing of houses across the Mystic river in Stonington, CT. A wooden rests in the foreground, sprouting empty wooden posts while in the distance boat houses and inns set quiet in the early morning. On the hill in the distance is a large residence basking in the rising sun.

Late morning value sketches.

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