city

#Swollen is the word for #inktober #day17. Because the city I live in is swollen from cars, buildings, humans, rats, pigeons, dirt and trash I considered the word to be proper for the problem of urbanization. Even if it's a natural transformation, it comes with a lot of issues. I see it as a concrete and steel monster eating the nature that stands in its way. © Maria!Bălan, 2018

Walkin and talkin in tha city…

"Ferocity and elegance defined in it's most primal form."

I travelled around Uzbekistan for two weeks during easter. It is definitely one of the most interesting and beautiful countries I have travelled in. These are some of the urban sketches from my travel sketchbook, of some of the most famous buildings in the different cities of Uzbekistan. I would LOVE to hear what you guys think.

In Kansas City there are lots of options, but I always think of these when I think of KC landmarks.

I am delighted to share that I Am a Dragon! has been named to the Pennsylvania Center for the Book's 2024 Baker's Dozen: Thirteen Best Books for Family Literacy! Here is the list ( I am in such a good company!): - “10 Dogs” by Emily Gravett - “ABC and You and Me” by Corinna Luyken - “Bear with Me” illustrated by Kerascoët, Sebastien Cosset and Marie Pommepuy, - “The Concrete Garden” by Bob Graham - “How to Count to ONE (And Don't Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)” by Caspar Salmon and illustrated by Matt Hunt - “I Am a Dragon! A Squabble and a Quibble” by Sabina Hahn, published by HarperCollins. - “If I Was a Horse” by Sophie Blackall - “The Kitten Story” by Emily Jenkins and illustrated by Brittany Cicchese - “Mr. S” by Monica Arnaldo - “Night in the City” by Julie Downing - “Ruffles and the Cozy, Cozy Bed” by David Melling - “Simon and the Better Bone” by Corey R. Tabor - “You Go First” by Ariel Bernstein and illustrated by Marc Rosenthal

Acrylic on 24 x 12 canvas

The night sky through a round aperture. So rarely glimpsed in the city.

I love cities. Especially the lights at night.

Elias Rosenshaw 12/8/2023 Filtered photography bordered with gouache on paper & drawings with pen on paper.

Nibbelungenturm, Worms, Germany

Needing to get out of the house, I walked down the street to the antique shops that are right around the corner from my house and did some urban sketching.

For those interested, here's the video of the speed draw to the drawing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0picXHN3ZgQ

My City Skyline

Sometimes you see people so cool it makes you question "can people this cool really exist?"

Paris and The Eiffel Tower

9x12

Part of an illustration where city authorities conspire to build roadways that will only get people killed.

Little pause in my travelbook, for little watercolors mixed with ink pen on parisian landscapes in plein air

Made with gel ink pen for a future art book about mediterranean way of life. Here is crowded Istanbul city

Pigeon is angry it's snowing. Again.

The idea for this portrait came to me when I was looking at a packaging of soap - it was very glossy and it looked like it could look like pearls. As well as the soap packaging, I used white ink mixed with acrylic paint (for opacity) on black paper.