by Frank Costantino | Feb 14, 2018
Long Light-Public Garden’s Duck Pond Boston, MABoston’s Public Garden provides a respite for all its residents -human, animal and feathered. The low afternoon light shone through the deep canopies of surrounding trees to illumine the duck pond’s and...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 14, 2018
Roses Morning Rondo Kelleher Rose Garden Boston, MAInitially awed by the Fenway Garden’s secluded setting, the abundance of rose displays, and invited to do a demo plein air piece during Mayor Menino’s annual fundraiser, I prepared this study for my own orientation...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 14, 2018
Rosey Pathway Kelleher Rose Garden Boston, MAWith the concentrated energy from so many plants and the profusion of spring blooming shrubs, this vignette conveys only a minor portion of Boston’s Kelleher Rose Garden. The enclosure of a high protective hedge, the...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 14, 2018
Wind Over the Charles Boston, MAA view of Boston and Cambridge’s historic Weeks Bridge was painted on an intermittently windy, rainy, and sunny day on the banks of the Charles River. Occasionally, a steady shower necessitated stopping and covering the watercolor...
by Frank Costantino | Feb 13, 2018
Boston Symphony Hall Boston, MAThe graphite drawing on vellum is a superb example of fine architectural delineation, drawn over a projected perspective drawing.The stroke direction was set by the left-handedness of an assistant’s preliminary tone work. The...
