landscape sketch painting

Painted this from a visit to Zion National Park in Southern Utah.  Watercolor on 140lb Arches 14 x 22.

This watercolor depicts a grove of oaks in Chesebro Canyon near my home.  There is something wonderful about the shady areas under the tre...

I did the watercolor based on a shrine I visited in Kyoto, Japan a few years ago.  Done on 140 lb Arches cold press.  14 x 22.

Leo-Carillo-Beach , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Done a while back on an October trip to Leo Carillo Beach near Malibu. Done plein...

Hobble Creek Barn , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Watercolor sketch done on recent trip to Hobble Creek Utah. Done plein air in Mol...

Oak Path , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Lone oak tree in Chesebro Canyon Park about a half mile from my home in Agoura Hills. Luck...

Shadow Oak , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. 20 x 28 wc painting of oak tree near my friend Taylor Driggs' house in Oak Park, CA.

Had a great time backpacking with two of my sons last week in the Hoover Wilderness on the East slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains.  T...

Hanging-valley-Zions , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. This was a quick plein air water color sketch in my Moleskine. Zions is a wond...

Narrows-repaint , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Tried a repaint of the plein air piece. Stronger values, but I liked the colors in ...

Narrows-plein-air , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Painted this last Sunday plein air in Zion's National Park

Taylor's-Oak-After , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Watercolor of a valley oak near my home. I reworked the foreground with past...

Taylor-Drigg's-Oak-before , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. water color of a vallley oak near my home before I fixed it with soft ...

Hannah's-landscape , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. My 11 year old granddaughter painted this with only minimal coaching!

Paramount-Ranch-Road , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. I reworked a plein air water color sketch I did a few months ago at Paramount R...

Washingtonia-palm , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. This is a pastel sketch I did today of a neighbor's tree.

This is an interview I did about a year ago for Grumbacher/Chart tape.  They were talking to people with art related careers and thought wha...

beetle , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Another water color sketch done this morning while painting with my granddaughter Emma.

wolf , a photo by Spencer Mackay on Flickr. Water color sketch I did while painting with my granddaughter Emma on our "date" this...