On the Avenue
On the Avenue On the Avenue is a 2006 glimpse of Wilmington's Delaware Avenue just west of the CSX (ex-B&O) railroad bridge. Old familiar businesses are here such as the Del Rose Restaurant and Kelly's Logan House. The street is populated by an assortment of characters. After I painted this scene I composed a sequel, The Morning After. For On the Avenue I first did a line drawing without the figures which I scanned and saved digitally. I then painted it in watercolor, then scanned and saved again. I painted the figures individually and in small groups, scanned them, and positioned them in my digital copy of the watercolor of the buildings in Photoshop. For The Morning After I converted my scan of the initial line drawing to a purple-on-purple scene, then drew/painted the bag lady, trash cans, etc. which I scanned and positioned in Photoshop as before. While I have never done true digital art, I have frequently used Photoshop to size, color, and position elements