I guess I haven't gotten the 1904 World's Fair out of my system. Some of my students guess where was this building from. All of them thought it was from Europe. Nope! St. louis, USA!
This year, I decided to go grander and well as do a creative twist to this marvel of history. The image is a little cropped, as the shadow from the frame looked bad. I consider this one of my stronger contrasty (is that a word?), images. The reference was pretty good, but of course in black and white. I guess on the cyan small roofs and went with more of a cooler palette than previous Louisiana Exposition illustrations. This image was solely done before school or during an occasional prep. I sketched the piece right on the masonite, which I covered with a purple wash. It was enjoyable to paint. I found a very fancy and old frame at my mom's in which she bought many years back from a garage sale. This acrylic is 24" x 48."
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