The Black Sketchbook Society

A collection of drawings and sketches.

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16th century German armor at the Metropolitan Museum of New York.

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I found some drawings from my first trip to Italy in 2011. These ink drawings are all of buildings I liked including the Medici Palazzo, Santa Maria Novella, the Baptistry of Pisa, Etc.

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Firehouse in Forest Hills, NY. -R

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Drawing on the Queens College campus. I don't think I posted this. -R

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A church in Brooklyn, New York. Some tools of the trade on the right.

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Egyptian Sphinx at the Metropolitan Museum, NY.

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A Romanesque revival building in Savannah, Georgia. From one of my travel sketchbooks.

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Portrait of one of my favorite writers, Jorge Luis Borges.

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Ella, my friend's 5 year old English bulldog. Black water proof ink in my latest sketchbook.

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A view of the cathedral of Montreal in downtown Montreal. Done in black ink as quickly as I could before the rain ruined my sketching plans for the day. I still loved Montreal, regardless of the cold rainy/snowy weather. -R

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Drawing of the bust of Napoleon III, by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux 1873. Currently at the Met.

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A Victorian home. Drawn from a photo. -R

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Temple of Dendur, 15th century BC. Egyptian, at the Metropolitan Museum. -R

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Drawing of a John Singer Sargent painting at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston.

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Drawing of a sculpture at the Frick collection. I was so tired I didn't even write down who did the sculpture of who it was of. Sorry. If anyone is especially interested I'll find out. -R

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A quick sketch in pen. -R

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A copy of an Ingres drawing. -R