Late night laundry on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles. This sketch was made in 1998 while on the road for 6 weeks. Inspiration to post this is from renefijten’s recent late night LAVOMATIQUE sketch. This was pre-moleskine days…just a regular sketchbook.
renefijten 2:08 pm on June 19, 2009 | #
I love this Susan! This immediately reminded me of van Goghs “Terrace on the Place du Forum in Arles”.
And it’s funny how your use of colour is just opposite mine! In yours the shop radiates a warmth gold glow into a fresh blue evening, my laundromat shows cold blue light in the yellow/orange streetlight. Yours is more inviting for sure.
Leo 4:08 pm on June 19, 2009 | #
Laundromats at night… July theme challenge?
Rob Carey 12:08 am on June 20, 2009 | #
Yes, it does remind me of van Gogh, Susan. Great sketch!
Sophie Brown 1:40 pm on June 20, 2009 | #
Well then I’m surprised they’d let you post this then on illicit paper…Kidding. Really I do wonder though: Is Skineart sponsored by Moleskine? I’m not backwards enough to use other paper, but just how much does anyone really care?
Rudat 4:40 pm on June 20, 2009 | #
Sophie, I’m not sure, but I don’t think this is a moleskine website. That would be a Leo question. Personally, I prefer moleskine paper to any other sketchbook I’ve used. Just thought I’d post an old, non-moleskine sketch just this once.
Thank you for the comments, you guys.
pfsneto 4:57 pm on June 20, 2009 | #
just loved it. remembers edward hopper.
Leo 6:02 pm on June 20, 2009 | #
@Sophie
‘skine.art is in no way affiliated with Moleskine. Other than being huge fans.
Even though this site focuses primarily on Moleskine art, I let non-Moleskine submissions slip through, especially the ones I just can’t refuse publishing – like Boulgakow’s watercolors, many of which are obviously not in Moleskines.
I personally love nice shots of open Moleskine spreads – with the elastic closure and the bookmark ribbon showing, but hey… art is art.
Sophie Brown 12:15 pm on June 21, 2009 | #
I thought so. I’ve been a Moleskine enthusiast going back more than ten years–I was at one point working for the M. distributorship in NYC (we couldn’t give the stuff away). But I do wonder because I like Moleskine paper and watercolor paper but I’m not big on the sketchbooks. I keep thinking I’ll give it another go around but it’s less like paper and more like tagboard.
Susan, you seem partial to it.
Rudat 4:51 am on June 24, 2009 | #
Sketching involves rituals, and rituals need sacred objects. The sketchbook is the ultimate object, which becomes very intimate. The moleskine paper is indeed my favorite feature of the book. But also the feel, weight and size of the book are familiar and comfortable. Once you get used to something and you really enjoy it, why change?