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Todd Anderson
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New England based Watercolorist.
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Todd Anderson @toddandersonart.bsky.social · Sep 12
Eiger, from Grindelwald. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9",

Hesitant to paint scenes a trip to Switzerland. I stick to urban landscapes in some stage of decay, but - hopefully - with some grace. Something majestic in a much slower decline is tough.

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Watercolor painting of Eiger Mountain in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland. A gray sky hangs behind the mountain, dipping to the right to reveal slight ochres of clouds capturing the sun from the left. The mountain is mostly covered in pure white snow with craggy rocks poking out within the purple shade cast to the right-side of the face. Reddish-brown forest creep up from the bottom of the frame.
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East Allen Street Afternoon, Williston. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a large brick building along East Allen Street in downtown Williston, VT. A two story orange brick building residing on the right takes up most of the scene with second floor apartments and ground level storefronts. An imposing and cool shadow is cast from buildings behind the viewer, cutting angularly from the right along the street and sidewalk and midway up the ground floor. Rectangular boxes of shadow and illuminated fliers in the storefronts echo the panes of the windows along the second floor. To the right is a lower, single story shop under a blue sky.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Early afternoon value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a gathering of trees rising above a snow covered clearing. Thin and thick trunks mingle, marked by horizontal shadows from branches while in the background a house sets to the right before a mountain range. Gray-scale marker drawing of a house, set back on its lawn as large trees encroach in the foreground, casting shadows leading to the fencing on the right. Windows and nooks are set behind thin, creeping branches from the left.
January 25, 2026 at 8:19 PM
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Early morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of dear old St. Bavo in Haarlem, Netherlands. Peaking out from every side street around the old town, the church resides at the end of a cobble street sprouting multilevel store and apartment buildings leaning into each other and creating strong diagonal lines from eaves, window sills and door entries leading the eye to the center. Gray-scale marker drawing of the side of an apartment building in downtown Montpelier, VT. A sidewalk and street capture the reflected window light below a two story apartment building, with flat clapboard siding and a faux brick first floor facade, exposing an entry door and encased windows. To the left, an electrical pole stands, delivering wires to the apartment. To the right, a lamppost. Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in downtown Middlebury, VT. The angular stone church stands at the top of a sloping driveway entrance, its bell tower crowned with stone coronation. Its windows are slender and arched and flank the entry in the center. In the foreground is a wet road leading to the viewer and lined with short bushes and snow covered sidewalks.
January 24, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Afternoon value sketches.

We moved into this place almost 9 years ago. The pangs and whistles of its steam radiators will sing this weekend if the predicted Artic Blast arrives.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a clapboard house whose side facade is completely blocked by an imposing tree and thick trunk and branches. The sun-drenched bark of the tree catches zigzag shadows from its own branches as it stands in front of slender windows to a light colored house. To the right in the background is a garage. Gray-scale marker drawing of a clapboard house with a small front porch entry. The front porch has a columned overhang casting angular shadows to the right from an imposing sun on the left and out of view. The fencing around the porch provides shadowed verticals matching elongated shadows from gutters running down the facade. On the second floor above the porch is a pair of windows, shades drawn and dark.
January 23, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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Early Evening Deli. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Been really into trying my hand at nocturnes, but "success" (read: didn't crumple up paper in frustration) rate is near 10%.

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Watercolor painting of large storefront windows of a deli, brightly illuminated in yellows and oranges under the pall of evening, in downtown Middlebury, VT. A dark, angular awning to a deli hangs above a lit up interior, dotted with rectangular dark cutouts of songs and fliers attached to the window and capturing the onset of evening. To the right is a series of telephone poles leading to the distance behind the deli, as cars reflect their headlights in damp streets. Detail of the watercolor painting showing the lit up interior of a deli, displaying signs and fliers reflecting back the encroaching blue of evening. Lettering on signage is non-descriptive, as are the wares inside.
January 18, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Late afternoon value sketches.

In between completely ruining a ton of decent watercolor paper, I return to these markers.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of businesses in downtown Middlebury, VT. A blocky, two story brick building on the left catches the mid-day sun casting shadows to the right and up along a neighboring building, separated by a canopied terrace. The building on the right is a story taller and has a ground level restaurant bay window encased in wide trim. Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of apartment buildings along Mill Street in Middlebury, VT. A multi-story building on the left tilts slightly toward another building on the right, separated by a staircase leading to side entrances to apartments for both. In the foreground is some overgrown brush among snow in an empty parking lot and collapsing dumpster.
January 17, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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Early morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of telephone pole repair persons in downtown Middlebury, VT. A construction vehicle is parked along the side of the road along with heavy equipment for electricians to be lifted to transformers on a telephone pole to the right. On the left, in the background is the steeple of a church. In the background, below the worker is a multi-story apartment building. In the foreground, lower left is a construction sign of a flagger. Gray-scale marker drawing of a storefront in downtown Middlebury, VT. The dark evening sky hangs above a single story building with a large angular top to its facade for signage. The ground level displays various wares in a large storefront window to the left. On the right in bright artificial lighting is an entrance to the shop, closed due to the lateness of the hour. Gray-scale marker drawing of trees lining a snowy sidewalk up hill, leading to a dwelling in the distance on the right. Darkened trees lay the backdrop for the craggy branches of leafless trees in the foreground.
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 AM
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Early morning value sketch.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of an abandoned residence in downtown Middlebury, VT. Two multi-story buildings are joined obliquely, creating a porch in the center with arched columned entries. The sun, from the right, cuts angles under eaves and along facades, darling in the porch and entries. Gray-scale marker drawing of a church side entrance in The Hague, Netherlands. A tall, slender tower rises in the background in the left center, behind a blocky church with a small office entry in the center. To the right is a brick residence with a bright white dormer poking out from a dark slate roof. Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, VT. A house sits alone on a large snowy lawn. Thin, leafless trees and grass poke out of the snow bed leading to the back entrance. In the background is dark brush and neighbors.
January 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Late morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a house along Pleasant Street in downtown Middlebury, VT. A large tree, to the right and out of view, casts an imposing shadow on a white clapboard house. The A-frame front facade has slender windows and an entrance with a side offshoot of a screened in porch. Before the house are stairs and a sidewalk. To the left is another imposing tree, in view, with its branches creeping overhead to the right. Gray-scale marker drawing of houses across the Mystic river in Stonington, CT. A wooden rests in the foreground, sprouting empty wooden posts while in the distance boat houses and inns set quiet in the early morning. On the hill in the distance is a large residence basking in the rising sun.
January 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Late Afternoon on Wetterhorn. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of Wetterhorn mountain in Grindelwald, Switzerland. The late afternoon sun hits the upper snowy peaks of the mountain leading to blue purple shadows blanketing the base and town, playing hide and seek with orange lights throughout the valley. The white snow with a slight yellow tinge below a darkening blue sky tells of day's end.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Early morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a balcony flower garden in Seville, Spain. A garden of flowers overhangs a balcony box on a two-level apartment building, casting spindly shadows on the white facade. Behind the flower box are closed balcony doors, while below is a single recessed entry in shade. A large angular shadow from an adjacent building falls on the facades to the left. Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in downtown Middlebury, VT. A steeple rises in the distance below clouded winter skies. Before it stands large blocky buildings, their sloped roofs, covered in snow. In the foreground is a snow covered hill leading downward toward the viewer; trees and tall grass rise from the snow bed and mid-day shadows. Gray-scale marker drawing of a residence in downtown Middlebury, VT. A curb and imposing metal fence separates the viewer from a white clapboard house and its neighbor to the left. Tall shadows from trees and telephone poles are cast against the side of the residence facing the viewer. In the background rise tall, thin, leafless trees. Gray-scale marker drawing of a business storefront in downtown Middlebury, VT. The mid-morning sun cast shadows creeping in and out of the recesses of a storefront and ground level apartments entry. Second story windows, with their shades drawn at different lengths, reflect back a bright sky; two are grouped to the right, while one stands alone to the left. Below them, across the middle band of the scene, are doors and windows encased in darker trim and revealing fliers and store wares from their interior. In the foreground is a sidewalk clean of debris.
January 9, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Barn on Shelburne. Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a barn along Shelburne Road in Shelburne, VT. A steep red roof covers a large barn entering from the right. The orange yellow sun drenches the front, while a cool shade drapes itself on the side, taking up the middle of the scene and peaked under the eave of the large roof. A small extension juts out from the shadowed side, catching some sun before turning to more shadow. A smaller stall with a low red roof is in the distance as various hay bails, livestock and equipment muddle about a snowy ground with grasses and defunct fences.
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Mid-morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a side street in Lagos, Portugal. A narrow street, flanked by imposing apartment buildings, leads to a cross street with a trimmed building. A dark shadow from the apartment building on the right, cuts its way toward the cross street, rising slightly upon its facade. A street lamp juts out, sending wires to the apartment building on the left. Gray-scale marker drawing of a side street in Lisbon, Portugal. A tall concrete building stands in the left center with upper level apartments and a ground level storefront running along an angled street, down toward the right. Shadows, signs and cars collect in the lower right beneath another tall apartment building. A person enjoys a cigarette break on a balcony. Gray-scale marker drawing of a ground floor convenience store in Watertown, Massachusetts. Sectioned canopies round a corner above larger storefront windows and an entry to the convenience store. A telephone pole on the left directs wires down the neighboring street while a chimney rises on the right, casting its shadow on the roof of the store. Gray-scale marker drawing of the side of businesses in Middlebury, VT. A snow bank runs diagonally from upper right to lower left, set at the landing of a wooden staircase to the upper level of a tall, slender building. A telephone pole on the right rises tall among the grasses shooting from the bed of snow.
January 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
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Afternoon value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a house in Middlebury, VT. A tree, out of view on the right, casts a large sharp shadow of its trunk against the side of a white clapboard house. Craggy branches wind their way into the scene in the upper corners as grass shoots out from a snow covered bed in the foreground. Gray-scale marker drawing of a barn in. Charlotte, VT. A gray sky hangs above a large barn and its side entrance. In front of the barn are various livestock and hay bales set on a snowy ground with tall grass and bent fencing growing. Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of apartment buildings in downtown Montpelier, VT. Brick buildings clamor around a parking lot above a single car, covered in snow. Two telephone poles rise from the scene, throwing wires to and fro. Gray-scale marker drawing of a side entrance to a dwelling in Middlebury, VT. To the left, an entrance is flanked by windows with slatted shutters. In the middle is a single story addition to the house with its roof holding chimneys and satellite dishes. To the right, another addition and entrance is cut off from the scene.
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Here is to a happy and healthy 2026!

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Nine-up grid of eight watercolor paintings done throughout 2025, and a photo of the watercolorist who did them in the center.
December 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Lisbon Dawn. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

This scene means a lot to me. After the second wash I was ready to trash it... then I thought I couldn't ruin it any more. I see some good parts.

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Watercolor painting of an overlook of Lisbon, Portugal, from a downward staircase in the old part of Lisbon town. A purple and pink sunrise illuminates the sky above the city in mutes blue and orange. Street lamps fight with morning light to cast light and shadow on buildings flanking a staircase in blue light in the foreground down toward the center of the scene.
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Early Morning value sketches.

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Gray-scale marker value sketch of a group of buildings in downtown Middlebury, VT. A driveway separates two houses; the house to the left casting its angular, blocky shadow on the side of the house to the right. In the background are side to other residences and a large brick college building. Windows stand agape in various sizes and distances. Gray-scale marker value sketch of a piazza in Rome, Italy. A fountain sets in the lower right, separated from the street by a ring of water and waist high posts. Behind it is the back of a street vendor shop, in shadow. Tall, imposing buildings run from the right to the focal point in the upper left. Domed structures dot the skyline. Gray-scale marker value sketch of the back of several business buildings in downtown Middlebury, VT. Steep, angular roofs jockey for a position to melt the snow in the midday sun. Slender windows of varying sizes play along the facades above thin hand rails and fencing in the lower part of the scene. Gray-scale marker value sketch of the snowy banks along the Otter Creek in Middlebury, VT. Cold, dark water resides on the right, finding crevasses in the arms of the banks. Tall grasses poke out from the snow on a hill before buildings in the distance in the upper band of the scene.
December 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Palace Coffee Break, Sintra. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a scene in the old part of Sintra, Portugal. People set upon benches outside of the Sintra National Palace which towers in the background in white. The right side of the palace, above an angled step in line, is covered in blue-purple shadow. To the left is an open Arches entryway - the interior covered in cool shadows. The upper stories of the palace have several slender windows and doors, closed and dark against the bright sun.
December 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Grindelwald, Switzerland. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

Loose fun with a long liner, mop and hake.

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Watercolor painting of a mountain range in Grindelwald, Switzerland. Loose brush strokes build from a wide base up through the treeline, marked by round shapes leading to crevasses at peaks slightly below a wintery blue sky.
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Early Evening Shop, Mystic. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of shops in downtown Mystic, CT. An alley, leading to a dock swathed in purple blue, separates two buildings with ground level stores and upper level apartments. Oranges and yellows are cast in arcs across the buildings from spotlights as the day fades into evening. The sidewalk and street in the foreground are wet from winter rain.
December 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Mid-morning value sketches.

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Four value gray-scale marker drawing of an old stone mill along the Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury, VT. Snow covers a sloping embankment between the river to the right and a tall slender, stone building to the left along Mill Street. Four value gray-scale marker drawing of a farm along route 116 in Vermont. A dilapidated structure in the foreground sets with alternating post and lentils structure and leaning plywood boards before a cattle barn in the background. Four value gray-scale marker drawing of the back of a business in downtown Middlebury, VT. Dumpsters gather in an empty, snow filled parking lot as several back entrances and windows dot a crowded group of buildings. Four value gray-scale marker drawing of a residential street in downtown Middlebury, VT. A large tree stretches from the right, its branches casting a web in the upper part of the scene. The tree stands before a house with a large sloping roof and above a side walk and cracked street.
December 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Morning Fish Shop on Aert van der Goesstraag, The Hague. Direct Watercolor. 12"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a sunrise on a fish shop on the corner of a building along Aert van der Goesstraag in The Hague, Netherlands.
December 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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Nautical Twilight, in Town. Direct Watercolor. 12"x9", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of a home blanketed in nautical twilight in downtown Middlebury, VT. Dark blues and purples hang in the winter air above a home with ground floor exterior lighting, glowing orange against its clapboard facade and bed of snow in the foreground. Interior lighting peeks out from second story windows, while the side of a car, in the driveway, catches the light on its side.
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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Early Morning, Mystic. Direct Watercolor. 20"x16", 140lb Arches Cold Press.

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Watercolor painting of storefronts covered the early morning light in downtown Mystic, CT. A bright sun drenches the top of buildings separated by a single floor entry with a steep, sloping roof. A large, cool shadow runs from the foreground sidewalk up the buildings, abruptly stopping mid-way. The building on the right has a large storefront window with bright interior lighting as they ready the store for shoppers.
December 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Morning value sketches.

They say some rain will come in and take away the snow I have grown fond of adding to these... even reaching a little out of my comfort zone. I usually steer away from trees.

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Gray-scale marker drawing of a shoveled, crooked sidewalk leading to a church in Middlebury, VT. Snow sets on either side of a sidewalk - jaggedly shoveled clear - in front of houses lining the right. In the center distance rises the steeple of a church. To the left telephone poles carry wires to the residences. Gray-scale marker drawing of a sloping bed of snow, grasses and branches poking out below a thick tree trunk rising to the right. In the far distance, buildings balance with straight angles. Gray-scale marker drawing of a church in Middlebury, VT. A shoveled street with clearly marked cross walk cuts through the scene from the right down to the lower left. On either side of the street are snow covered lawns. On the left, a church sets with its steeple rising above several angles entrances, wrapping the street corner. Gray-scale marker drawing of the back of apartment buildings in Brattleboro, VT. A snow filled parking lot cuts a triangle through the lower part of the scene while big, blocky brick apartments stand, towering over. Various windows dot the facades as chimney towers shoot up into a cold, cloudy sky.
December 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM