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New England based Watercolorist. toddandersonart.com

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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 4h
Dorset Street Barn. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a large barn along Dorset Street in Shelburne, Vermont. A large barn takes up most of the view. Arriving from the left, its horizontal wooden slats are fading to grays and browns from its once bright red color. Small windows and chute openings - now shuttered - crowd the top under an eave casting long angular shadows from the bright sun above. Other windows reveal hay resting in the interior, soaking in the sun. White tarps hang in front of entryways, wide enough for equipment to be stored. Above, birds circle a bright blue sky.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Ice Cream Break. Watercolor 20"x16" As with most of my work, I often wonder if it makes sense to others - but more so with pieces like this; disparate elements like store signs, reflected shop windows and not tightly rendered people on benches #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a grandfather and child sitting in the sun on benches in front of an ice cream shop in downtown Middlebury, Vermont. Bright afternoon sunlight fills the scene, as the letters E and N from a closed down Ben Franklin store reside above the red and green striped cream-colored canopy slightly extending over the storefront window of an ice cream shop. The large window is reflecting back the blue sky and building and trees behind the viewer as the two sit on benches in front, slightly turned to look inside.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wednesday morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a house along Exchange Street in Middlebury, Vermont. Tall trees envelope roofs above two small houses joined by a small structure in the center. Heavy shadows crowd under eaves from the bright sun as small wooden porches and flow boxes soak up light. A white crosswalk is on the pavement to the lower right leading out of view.Gray-scale marker drawing of a country store in Bridport, Vermont. A Gulf gas sign stands on a pole to the left above a covered side entrance. The country store sits on the left with a large storefront window under a canopy collecting rain. An ice box announces itself in the lower left corner, set on wet pavement under and overcast sky.Gray-scale marker drawing of a hospital loading and unloading zone in Middlebury, Vermont. Stacking cement and brick structures reside above an entry to a hospital. Angular shadows cast a bright morning sun fall upon the facade with a singular window, darkened in shade. Above, various angular and steel roofing enters and exits the scene. A short clock tower rises in the center under a cloudless sky.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gelateria along Rua Marreiros Netto, Lagos. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a cafe at the end of a pedestrian intersection in downtown Lagos, Portugal. Tall buildings painted in pastel colors tower over early morning pedestrians strolling along wet, cobbled streets. At the end of a wide street - facing the viewer - sets a small ground level cafe with multiple levels of apartments above. The building is painted white with yellow window trim and is lit up by the early morning sun. Adjacent to the cafe building is another tall building painted in pastel pink with white trim and a ground level storefront. Flanking the street leading to the cafe are two tall buildings, draped in cool shadows, casting their forms on the apartment buildings. Wires and think holiday lights decorate the street above the pedestrians.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Midmorning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, Vermont. A multilevel home rests in the afternoon sun, its light falling on the roofs and casting angular shadows along the facades. A front entry is recessed in shadow as its small porch fence is drenched in sun above lawn furniture littering the foreground.Gray-scale marker drawing of a large barn in Whiting, Vermont. The barn sets on the left in shadow, backlit from an overcast sky hanging above a mountain in the far background. The weathered horizontal slats of the barn are slightly separated as hay bale opening dot its facade. A small shed is attached to its right and falling into the grass and gravel. An electrical pole stands in the distance.Gray-scale marker drawing of farm structures in New Haven, Vermont. A large white barn resides in the sun to the right, adjoined by an equipment garage on the left. Brush and grass collect in the foreground while three silos rise to the sky behind and to the left.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Thank you for the kind words! 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Church in Pittsford. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of the exterior of a church along Route 7 in downtown Pittsford, Vermont. A large, brick church is half seen in profile, its exterior apse facing right and side naves marching behind. A bright sun covers the brick in orange light and casts shadows along recesses and a turned facade on the left. Its arched windows reflect back the lightness of the sky mixed with a dingy yellow-green hue. White cement caps protruding columns and lines the under of eaves as a large dark roof covers the main structure and its nave. A chimney rises from behind.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
East Center Street Lot, Rutland. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of side and back businesses along East Center Street in downtown Rutland, Vermont. A parking lot is separated from the sidewalk by a rust painted wooden fence in the center of the scene. To the left is a tall, brick building with cement window trim - its arched and slender windows reflecting back the bright blue sky. To the right is a white stucco building, its side - facing the parking lot in the center - draped in cool purple shadow as its windows reflect back light bouncing from the building on the left. Recessed in the lot is the back of another brick building, each story revealing a single arched window. Electrical wires run horizontally along the top of the scene.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Monday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of houses in downtown Rutland, Vermont. A driveway cuts through the center of the scene at a slight angle, separating two houses. The house on the left is seen partially with white clapboard siding and large windows flanked by slender shutters. The house on the right is only seen in profile with several compartments extending from its side facades.Gray-scale marker drawing of the Morgan Horse Farm barn in Weybridge, Vermont. A large, white clapboard stable barn sets on the ground in the middle of the scene, a steeple rising above broad, steep roofing. Tall windows line the right side facades soaking in the sun.Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn in Bristol, Vermont. A dilapidated and gray weathered barn rests above tall grass, wearing a wreath from seasons past. Attached to the barn on the right is a small equipment shed with corrugated metal roofing and windows covered in plywood.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Incredibly honored to hear news that "Operator House, Mystic River Bridge" has been juried into the Rockport Art Association & Museum 2026 National Juried Show! Thank you to juror @garinbaker and RAA&M for the consideration and opportunity! #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Honored and excited to hear news that "Along State Street, Rutland" has been hurried into the New England Watercolor Society 2026 North American Show! Thank you to juror @geoffallenart and to @thenewsart for opportunity and consideration 🙂 #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Moretown Farm. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9 #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of structures on a corner of a farm in Moretown, Vermont. A silo rises out of view on the right, towering above a small red shed attached to a dilapidated barn on the left, its paper thin covering showing sun through its fallen rafters. The darkness within the barn reveals a small entry with faded light entering. In the foreground is grass and gravel and fencing. Birds circle above on the left.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thank you 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Goats of Blue Ledge. Watercolor, 20"x16". Not my usual subject matter, but we took a long bike ride this weekend and always enjoy stopping at this farm for the cheese and company. #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of goats climbing half way up fencing running waist height along the entrance to a barn. The dark interior reveals shadow figures of other livestock as patches of sunlight from windows on the left brighten the hay on the floor. On the other end of the barn, in the background behind the two goats, is an opening showing the bright blue sky above mountains and brush in the distance.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Monday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn and silo in New Haven, Vermont. A tall, slender silo rises on the right, casting its shadow along the broad side of a barn to the left. The barn's corrugated steel roof slopes down to a smaller enclosure at its base, soaking in the morning sun. Dark shadows fall into the crevasses between the structures.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, Vermont. The front of a house is seen close up at its joining of two wings in the center and above a porch roof, covering its lower level facade in shadows. Fencing and posts shine in bright sun light, lining the porch as windows in the second story of the house reflect back the morning sun.Gray-scale marker drawing of a large municipal building in Hoosick Falls, New York.  A three-story brick building takes up most of the scene with a tall bell tower rising from its entry on the right. The facade angularly wends in and out of sunlight, dropping shadows on darkened windows that line each story of the building. Signs and stones litter the foreground lawn as larger trees are seen in the background behind a cement stairway on the right.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Back of Business, Rutland. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of an entry into a large parking lot behind businesses in downtown Rutland, Vermont. The shadow enveloped entryway to the back parking lot is flanked by buildings on either side. To the left is a tall brick building, painted over in white and standing blinded by the bright early evening sun. To the right is a clapboard building painted in subdued grey-green. Dark shadows lead to parking between the two buildings and a large brick building residing at the other end and in the center of the scene, soaking in the sun and reflecting back bright and slender windows. The scene rests in the lower part of the composition below a large, bright blue and cloudless sky.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Upstairs Bathroom, Rutland. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of the interior of a bathroom in the upstairs of the Chaffee Art Center in Rutland, Vermont. The bathroom door on the right is ajar and slightly blocking the toilet behind it as the scene is illuminated by light coming through a single, double paned window. The window is reflected in the mirror on the opposite wall as its light travels down a large sink and onto the wall and floor where a small circular mat is set. To the left is a white ceramic tub covered in shade and slightly reflecting back the oranges and browns of the wooden interior of the bathroom.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Side of Business, Rutland. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of the side of a business in downtown Rutland, Vermont. A brick facade lines the ground floor of the business with a slight recess in the middle and a large storefront side window to the right. Above the brick is white clapboard siding below an angled roof and joined by an extension, rising with the same weathered siding. The business is set upon a cement foundation of grays and ochres, separating a lower parking lot from the business. Attached to the business are various poles, antennas and electrical wires.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Sunset on Cefalù Cathedral. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of Cefalù Cathedral in Sicily as seen from Via Mandralisca. A cool, shady street lined with towering apartment buildings leads to the cathedral cloaked in orange sunset. Crowds gather to ward the end of the street and in front of the cathedral, blanketed in cools of the early evening as statues stand bright white in front of recessed entries.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Midmorning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of the Dutch Mill Diner in Shelburne, Vermont. A low, wide overhang covers the entryway to a diner with a wooden windmill marker the diner. A small side entrance is seen on the right, drawing angular shadows from the midday sun.Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in downtown Brandon, Vermont. A yellow clapboard church stands tall and thin at an intersection, its tower stretching in the middle and casting dark shadow against its adjoining facade with a small rose window and encased arched windows. Before the church are signs proclaiming mass times and a sidewalk.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, Vermont. The split level facade of a house runs the horizontal band of the scene. A large, encased window is set into the face on the left, below an asphalt roof and tall chimney, painted white. To the right, along a shorter extension is a line of windows, their shades open to expose windows on the other side. Below the windows sit recycling bins, soaking up the sun.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Early Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of farming equipment and structures along Route 7 in New Haven, Vermont. A steel roofed warehouse with a blocky silo attached sets in the center of the scene as small grain silos and various used farm equipment litter the foreground.Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Poultney, Vermont. A small church with a short bell tower resides in the background to the right while a sidewalk runs below a gas station sign in the foreground to the left.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Stowe, Vermont. Two dwellings are conjoined as a dilapidated porch connecting upper entries sags in front and above a garage flanked by two cement blocks. A driveway leading to the garage is a mix of grass and gravel with  cement block barriers.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Loading Rack. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". My hands are too soft to fully understand what all this equipment is or does behind one of the gas stations in town, but it doesn't stop me from staring at it. #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a loading rack with white painted steel columns and an orange elevating safety cage under a canopy hidden in shadow. To the left is a stairway to the platform and behind the loading rack are a series of white drums and containers for gas, reflecting back the bright mid-day sun under a clear blue sky.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Battell Block, Middlebury. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16" This imposing rounded corner tower that dwarfs the businesses and apartments lining the opposite side of Main Street once had a cone top, removed after a hurricane in 1950 #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a large multipurpose, brick building in downtown Middlebury, Vermont. The large building towers on the left, teetering over the main street and smaller buildings lining the street on the right. The bright sun catches the left side of the rounded tower and ground floor storefront windows and casts a large shadow across the street and up the facades of business and apartment buildings. A cloudless, bright blue sky hangs over the scene as triangle flier streamers are strung across and above the street below.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sunday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a home in North Hoosick, New York. The side facades of a multistory white clapboard house is set back on the left behind a A-frame wooden extension, fencing in picnic tables before a darkened entryway. In the background are large streets and a short garage on the right.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The deck of a house takes up most of the scene, its fencing running along the middle band and covering the cement floor below in dark shadow. The house barely creeps in on the left with a single window and its angled roofs dipping behind the deck towards the horizon. On the right, a small shed with a flag pole sets - its flag limp from lack of wind on this bright summer day.Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn structure in Shelburne, Vermont. A silo rises to the left behind a long enclosure with corrugated steel roofing - its slender windows and boarded up entry hiding behind overgrowth. To the left, a tall barn with steep and angular steel roofing catches the brightness of the sun as it travels down to a small barn in the foreground.Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Hillsdale, New York. The church is seen in profile and close to the viewer - so close that only the stem of the steeple can be seen rising from its asphalt roof. The front of the church on the right is covered in shadow, providing a small entry and steps. The facade on the left is flooded with light, cutting dark rectangles within small windows with stained glass.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thank you 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Orthodox Klooster, The Hague. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". Missing hopping on my bike and lazily making my way from Statenkwartier to the downtown in the mornings before work. #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of the Orthodox Klooster van de Heilige Johannes de Voorloper in The Hague, Netherlands. A large, blocky structure occupies the middle band of the scene as a tall thin tower with a weathered green roof rises in the center. The top half of itsbrick exterior is lit up in bright orange from an early morning sun, while the lower half is showered in dark, cool shadow from buildings across the bridge and behind the viewer. Windows shimmer across the facade under sun faded roofs and dormers.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Early Morning, Vergennes. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of homes along a residential street in Vergennes, Vermont. The early morning Summer sunlight sets the tone in high key as a stout, two-story white clapboard house resides by a smaller cape-style home painted in pastel pink. In the center of the scene is the small covered entry to the white house on the left, draped in Cold shadows. The front porch of the white house is mostly covered in shadow from a large roof and overhang underneath a set of three large windows, all in different hues of reflection due to their individual shades and screens. Above the entry in the center and slightly hidden in shadow is another set of windows, slender and uniform. The space between the two houses is just slight enough for a single person to walk between and is covered in dark shadow cast from the white house on the left.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Monday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a church Austerlitz, New York. A small, white clapboard church rests on a lawn, its tall, boxy bell tower rising into a cloudless sky. Its front facade is draped in dark shadow as entryway fencing weaves in and out of sunlight in the foreground.Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn structure in Shelburne, Vermont. A tall, white barn with steel corrugated roofing fills the scene, its main facade facing left. A small enclosure with a set of windows and sloping steel roof is attached to the lower right. Equipment and loose debris crowd the sides of the buildings along the ground and in the shade.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, Vermont. A small section of a two story house is seen behind a tree, rising from the lawn in the foreground and stretching its limbs in various directions, casting shadows along hedges and its own branches. The bright sun throws a dark shadow covering most of the ground floor of the house, while another, shorter home peaks out from behind the property's hedges on the lower right.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, Vermont. A white clapboard house is flooded with early morning light. The shadows from the eaves are dark and angular as it falls into the covered entryway. Windows scatter along the facade with their shades drawn. In the background are bushes and trees greeting the new day.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Sunrise on High Street. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". Something about the early morning golden hour against pastel colonial houses of New England that always makes me stop and stare. #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a two story colonial house with a third floor enclosed widow's peak in Mystic, Connecticut. The pastel colored home is flooded with an early morning orange glow, mostly on its left side, while on the right, cold blue shade drapes itself along the columns of the ground floor porch and entry. Slender windows reflect back the bright sky and two chimneys rise, almost as if on fire. In the background is indescript brush covered in dark warm colors.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Thank you 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Butcher Shop Window, Antwerp. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of large slaps of red meat hanging from hooks and rope behind a large storefront window to a Butcher Shop along Hoogstraat in Antwerp, Belgium. The large chops of beef huddle behind slight reflections from buildings behind the viewer, an interplay of reds, blues and yellows revealing their form. Behind them, the darkness of the shop as a steel rod runs along the top of the scene as support for their hooks and rigging.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Tuesday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. A church stands slightly in profile, drenched in summer light, shadows hanging from angular and steep roofs. A bell tower rises on the left from a roof above a small entry with wooden steps and railings. The front facades has several encased windows with a half crescent window in the center, above.Gray-scale marker drawing of farm structures in Shelburne, Vermont. A silos stands, slightly leaning on the right towards a large barn on the left, wrapped in corrugated steel. Two small, stilted silos hug the side of the barn in the midground. In the foreground is grass and gravel, behind a steel fence and  small abandoned, plastic crate. In the background, the top of another silo peaks out from behind the barn.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house along Route 22, outside of Cambridge, New York. The house enters in from the right, showing its front facades only slightly enough for a covered entry and second story window to be seen. To its left is a multilevel extension, its roofs sandwiching a small strip of yellow siding. Another entry is available on the extension, recessed by decking. Behind the extension, pushed further back is a garage. Small chimneys pop out from the buildings all huddled under a cloudless, sunny summer sky.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Early Friday value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn structure in East Hebron, New York. A small, dilapidated barn with horizontal wooden slats sets on the right with a makeshift corrugated steel roof overhanging stone steps to a shaded entry, darkened from the bright sun. To its left and slightly behind is another, larger wooden barn, some slats missing. In the foreground is dry grass and hot sand.Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. A white, wooden church is seen in slight profile, its entry to the right and above a stone wall. On its side, to the right, is several slender second story windows and a small covered entry before a parking lot. A bell tower rises from the roof above the entry, while a chimney protrudes from the back of the church on the left. Sharp angles cut the facade as the midday sun casts itself in the church.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A tall, wooden house on stilts rises on the right above several vans and a car huddled in the foreground parking lot. To the left are wooden stairs leading to an entry to the house. The sun, out of view and to the left, lights up the entry slide of the house and backs of the vans, as the right side facades are drapes in summer shade. Angled roofs carve in and out on the top floor, revealing dormers.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Wonderful news to hear that “Warehouse off Exchange Street” has been juried into Vermont Watercolor Society 2026 Fall Awards Show! Thank you much to the juror @thomaswschaller, and @vtwatercolorsociety for the opportunity and consideration! #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Saloon on Lindengracht, Jordaan. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". The first time we visited the Netherlands it was impossibly dark and wet and cold and was at the end of December and we immediately fell in. #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a saloon in the Joordan district of Amsterdam. The cold, wet day of December falls upon a corner building in Amsterdam. Illuminated letters in yellow orange advertise the saloon on either side, with a large circular Heineken sign protruding from the top floor to the right. The ground level entrance is covered in orange light, slightly diffused by the misty day. Side walks and parking barriers hug the saloon in the foreground as buildings and people crowd the background.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Monday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a set of apartments in Whitehall, New York. A large structure with white vinyl siding sets to the left, decompartmentalizing itself into apartment units and garages to the right. In the center, a staircase rising obliquely under a small overhang to an enclosed entry on the second story. In the foreground is an empty parking lot and a little plot of grass.Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn in Whiting, Vermont. A large, steel roofed barn enters from the right, the sun bright above. Attached to the barn is a small enclosure, makeshift in design and use of material. In the foreground runs gravel and dirt with patches of grass remaining from untouched vehicle tread. In the background, a silo peaks out.Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of buildings along Main Street in downtown Middlebury, Vermont. A clamor of structures, added on and improved over many decades, crowd together behind a cement embankment and black steel fencing. Walls of shadow alternate with sunlit facades as windows of various sizes dot along the landscape of brick and stucco. Steeples rise in the background from buildings unseen.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thursday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a pasture in Middlebury, Vermont. Livestock huddled in the shade under a large tree to the left while wooden fences run every direction within a sunlit pasture. In the background is a line of brush along the horizon.Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A wooden, multilevel house on stilts takes up the center of the scene, turning obliquely to the left as wooden decking and railing decorate its exterior. In the foreground is sand and dune grass collecting under two electrical poles rising to the sky on the right.Gray-scale marker drawing of a home in Middlebury, Vermont. The white clapboard home is mostly hidden behind a large shaded tree in the center foreground, its leaves crowding, leaving only pockets of the background and sky to peak through. The house, behind, has several slender windows drenched in the sun to the right of the tree. To the left, the house has a shaded porch with steps leading to an entry.Gray-scale marker drawing of a home in Salem, New York. A dark wooden fence runs along the foreground on the left, separating the viewer slightly from the ground level entry with its small roofed overhang. A recycling bin in the foreground to the right provides another barrier for the white vinyl sided home with many half opened windows as the summer sun sets along its roofs and casting shadows onto the little of the lawn seen. A chimney and the spire of a church in the background fight for attention in the center of the scene.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Armory in Hoosick Falls, NY. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16" #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of an armory in Hoosick Falls, New York. The red brick armory building comes in from the left with multiple column extensions cone-topped on weathered green roofs. Thin windows run the length of the columns vertically, while arched windows adorn the flat facade to the left. Fencing runs in the foreground to the right with green ivy covering most and creeping along the top bar. Another building, covered in shade sets to the right. The bright blue sky hangs above as sunlight drenches the armory with orange, heightening the red brick.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Summers on Manteo. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of some buildings in downtown Manteo, North Carolina. A large red brick building stands to the right, dwarfing a smaller, single story brick building on the left with a grey-green asphalt roof and small widow's peak rising in the center. The large building on the right has multiple floors of arched white trim windows reflecting back the haziness of the blue Summer sky. White railings line its two lower floors with stairs to the left. The building on the left is half covered in shadow from the larger building and has several rectangular windows and entries with white trim. Buntings hang from the railings, remnants of a celebration.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
North Main Street, Salem. Direct Watercolor, 20"x16". #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of buildings along North Main Street in Salem, New York. A large red brick building with a peaked roof and ornate white wood trim sets on the left. It has two arched windows in white trim on its second floor below a large white oval plaque. On the ground floor, an entry with a sharp white canopy casts a shadow on windows and doors. To its left, a flag hangs limp in front of a storefront window. To the right of the brick building is a multiuse yellow stucco building with upper floor apartments and a ground floor storefront - its windows and entry covered in shade from a yellow and red stripes awning.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Friday Morning value sketches. #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a cottage in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. A small cottage with white, wooden shudders sets amongst the dunes and grass below a bright, hazy summer sky.Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of a convenience store in Millerton, New York. Shaded entries and exits crowd behind a store as metal chimneys rise before large trees covering the afternoon sky in the background. Staircases and discarded fencing catch the sun, creating cutouts of the shadows behind.Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Grandy, North Carolina. A white clapboard church with peaked roofs enters from the right, a small, enclosed steeple rising to the sky. On the ground floor, fencing runs along the foreground to a shaded entry. Two thin windows reside on the church facade. In the background, tall trees provide little shade from the bright sun.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Nags Head Cottage. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9". Hazy summer day, today. #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a cottage in Nags Head, North Carolina. A hazy, blue summer sky hangs above a wooden shingled cottage in the Outer Banks along Route 12. Its red roofs hang an overcast shadow against blue shuddered windows. A single white sheet hangs in the weak breeze before the cottage and above a foreground of grass and sand.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thank you! 😊
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Another sketchbook finished. Really enjoyed doing gray scale marker sketches in this pocket sized sketchbook the past several months 🙂 #drawing #marker #sketch
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Dawn on Main Street, Mystic. Direct Watercolor, 12"x9" #directwatercolor #watercolor #watercolour #aquarelle #aquarel #aquarela
Watercolor painting of a building along Main Street in Mystic, Connecticut. A cool blue shadow creeps up the facade of a building, its pastel clapboard discolored by the orange sun of the day coming. The upper level apartments have a set of windows, reflecting back the brightness from their indoor shades. The ground level storefront sets in shadow with cut outs of the sun reflecting back fliers and signs. Running along the foreground is a sidewalk separator and street, darkened by shadows.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thursday Morning value sketches. These markers are drying up. Think it's time to grab some more... can't complain about an excuse to visit the store 😊 #drawing #marker #sketch
Gray-scale marker drawing of a home in Salisbury, Vermont. A dilapidated front porch sags under discarded items, as a white sign is nailed to a post holding up its roof. A single second story window resides on the facade of the house that joins the lower level porch and entry. Above the window, a chimney rises with thick tree coverage in the background.Gray-scale marker drawing of a multi-purpose colonial house in downtown Middlebury, Vermont. A large, imposing house with ornate trim fills the space, its upper level covered in arched shadow, revealing a small portico window. Below it, several windows with ornate overhangs are scattered across the house's facade. The ground floor has spaced out entries with small porches, covered in angled shadows from a noon sun above.Gray-scale marker drawing of an old church in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. A small bellower rises in the center, with square cutouts below a steeple. To the left, a tall, thin chimney rises at the meeting of roofs. To the right, a small portico window sets above the roof of a porch providing an entry covered in shadow. The ground level has various white fencing and banisters.
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