Buildings | Artwork by Karl Gude

Urban

I am an avid sketch artist and enjoy drawing people, landscapes, still life's from life using graphite pencil and ink.

Newsstand Outside the Cafe Commercial, Madrid (2013)

Drawn from a sidewalk cafe.
Medium: Blue ballpoint pen

Out My Window, Madrid Spain (2012)

Medium: Blue ballpoint pen

La Gran Via, Madrid (2013)

Drawn from a sidewalk cafe.
Pen and ink

Manhattan, View South From 30 Rock (2020)

One of three drawings of New York City from the top of Rockefeller Center. Drawn for the New York Times when the observation deck was about to reopen after being closed after a 20-year renovation.
Medium: Black marker

Manhattan, View East From 30 Rock (2020)

Medium: Black marker

Manhattan, View North From 30 Rock (2020)

Medium: Black marker

40 Mile Point Lighthouse

Located on Lake Huron at Rogers City, Michigan
Medium: Pencil

Cartoon City (1971)

A friend in high school was writing a comic book version of James Joyce's "Finnegan's Wake" and asked me to illustrate it. Alas, it never got off the ground.
Medium: Ink pen and color pencil

Art by Karl Gude

Urban

I am an avid sketch artist and enjoy drawing people, landscapes, still life's from life using graphite pencil and ink.