I'm going to be painting these storefronts from this photo and another. I had this brilliant idea to post sketches, ideas, and progress on paintings as I work on them. (Duh! Other artists have been doing this for a long time!)

This is going to be a large painting, and of course it will remind you of Hopper's "Early Sunday Morning" painting. My challenge will be to make it not look like a Hopper (probably no problem there) and not look like just a copy of the photograph. I am interested in pattern, color, and light/shadow, so we'll see if I can emphasize those things.