How to Paint a Mondrian

Start with one house.



Close crop the siding.



Rotate and color on Photoshop. Sample colors off reproduction of original Mondrian.



The original Mondrian:

 

Thanks to Seth, a Flickr contact, for noting the resemblance between Insulbrick (an old type of siding) and art.

Fixer Upper

Moody Monday--Old and Decrepit

Glimpses of Chicago

I'm enjoying my ambling through the far south side of Chicago. I've found new neighborhoods with each outing. Much of this area is flanked by large industrial complexes. I suspect the neighborhoods were more prosperous when the steel mills were active although I shudder to think of the pollution. The ethnic mix is broader than in my immediate neighborhood, as well. As I ventured into some more Hispanic areas, the Christmas decorations were more in evidence. Some houses were a bit over the top in my book.

Tasteful Paint Job

Continuing a selection of homes from Chicago's south side.

Neighborhood Block Clubs

Someday I am going to learn about Neighborhood Block Clubs, but today I need to go to work.
Happy Wednesday!

O is for Out There

In search of new sights and new sites for my photography, I have been roaming ever farther south in Chicago and slightly out of Chicago. I've discovered new neighborhoods, small patches of wilderness, factories, boat docks and garbage dumps. The far south side holds onto its authenticity in the way the wealthier suburbs do not.
Small brick cottages line the streets instead of tracts of ranch or faux-colonial homes. Even the awnings have character. Don't you just want to know what enterprising awning salesman convinced half the neighborhood that they needed awnings with their last initial, I guess, on them?



The obsessive compulsive collector in me wonders if I could find the whole alphabet. Now that is really out there!