WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island extending west to the University

extending west to the University at Albany

I made the ink drawing as an architecture student in 1998 while traveling with the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech in a study abroad course

My topographical map is a maze of sinuous lines built up by the shadows and varying tones of watercolor

Watercolor and ink lines collide

The CALIFORNIA state map is silhouetted in one of my 6 textural paintings - a layering of many hand-painted and drawn marks in watercolor

WASHINGTON DC Watercolor City Blocks Map: PRINT Wellesley Island extending west to the UniversityWASHINGTON DC. L'Enfant's plan is one of the most iconic in the world. To experience the District's overlapping grids and diagonal boulevards and many spaces of commemoration is awe inspiring and undoubtedly confusing. (I think it's best on a bike!) The convergence of rivers and the Tidal Basin allow for picturesque view of the cityscape from the water and Virginia. The iconic diamond shape of the district boundary is highlighted as the block inside