Another crack at Mr. Cone.I'm still working on my enlarged sight sizing technique, this time using pencil on Bristol paper and trying for more precision.
I didn't have much time on site but was able to map out the locations of the principal elements on the page and start a rudimentary sketch. I took a photo ref and used that to fill in a lot of the detail at home, while simplifying and puling the composition together. The last two pix are my previous Mr. Cone attempts.
While I was drawing, a guy came out of the house behind me and asked if I was working on a total renovation - "This is your third time out here!" It turns out there was a plan afoot to install barriers to protect the cone eaters sitting in the parking lot from speeding cars, and he thought I was connected with that. He said he'd lived in that house all his life and remembered when the building had been a Tastee Freeze back in the 1960s. I had been curious about the style of building, especially after I saw excellent local artist @ann.cloutier.art 's painting of Cindy's Drive-in, clearly adapted from the same design.
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