International Artist – June-July 2019

Station Points 29

Village Diner, watercolor,

5 x 8" (13 x 20 cm)

Let’s start with the view of the

diner from across the street. I’m

using a small watercolor set and

painting area-by-area. The brush is

a ¼-inch fl at tip travel brush, good

for architectural subjects. I paint

the motorcycles fi rst because I have

a feeling they will drive off soon,

and they do. I paint the parked

cars one by one, knowing they will

all leave before long. According to

Google, patrons spend an average

of 45 minutes inside.

T

he Village Diner in the Hudson Valley of New York is a historic

type of roadside restaurant that was once common throughout

the northeastern United States.  is one is a prefabricated “Silk City”

model, dating back to the 1920s.  e streamlined, railroad car look

was meant to suggest cleanliness, speed and e ciency.  roughout its

lifetime, this particular diner has been picked up and moved twice. A

big neon sign says “DINER” in red letters above the front door.

A Day

at the Diner

James Gurney discovers a gold

mine for sketching in this classic

American diner