Lots of Details = Longer Lunch

One of the perks of working at MindActive, well other than the free beer, is the pool and lounge area on the roof. Fashion Square Lofts is in a pretty scenic location downtown. I have the St. Louis Dispatch building on one side and the City Museum on the other. I brought some friends to the roof for the 4th of July and we could fairly see the fireworks between the US Bank building and another one.

Anyways, I ate my spring rolls and salad on the roof today and drew this scene of Washington Avenue and 14th Street. The building highest on the paper is the City Museum. I can't wait to just draw that building and the things attached to it's roof. I get excited with all the drawing possibilities on top of the roof... North City, South City, Downtown, Church Spires... It's my job to take long lunches and document the roof of Fashion Square Lofts in line drawings.

My pen flew, from the winds, on to the area the construction guys were working. I got a highlighter out of the retrieval. Sweet.

my apartment

Lately I've been getting off work fairly late and when the sun is down- downtown St. Louis is deserted (as opposed to slightly deserted during the day). Anyways, I've been driving down Washington, Locust, and Olive looking at all of the businesses & buildings on the way home- instead of speeding down Gravois or 40. To make a long story short Mid-City has some sweet architecture, especially Locust. Like I love the tops of buildings, is it called the crown moulding? I don't know. There is a mixture of rehab and neglect of old buildings in St. Louis, most of the neglect in North City. There are a few blogs related to these topics: VanishingSTL and Urban Review STL and my favorite is this one- because the guy just pedals around and snaps pics: B.E.L.T..

So I thought it would be cool to start drawing that. But I thought I should first draw my own old building that I call home and start from there.

I also drew Gretchen's keyboard. Boy I have a long ways to go.