This was a quick plein air water color sketch in my Moleskine. Zions is a wonderful park, so full of amazing scenes! Corwded on memorail Day though...:-(
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Narrows-repaint
Tried a repaint of the plein air piece. Stronger values, but I liked the colors in the first one better.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Taylor's-Oak-After
Watercolor of a valley oak near my home. I reworked the foreground with pastel and saved an otherwise unremarkable painting.
Taylor-Drigg's-Oak-before
water color of a vallley oak near my home before I fixed it with soft pastel.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Paramount-Ranch-Road
I reworked a plein air water color sketch I did a few months ago at Paramount Ranch. It was pretty dead, so I hit it with some pastels and in my opinion it was an improvement. I wish I thought to take a picture before I started, so youi could see the difference.
Friday, November 18, 2011
M DESIGN on Industrial Design
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 what we do might be interesting to the readers of Thalo, their web-based magazine.
Saturday, November 05, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Paramount-Ranch-Dead-Tree
Dead tree at Paramount Ranch in the Santa Monica Mountains near Malibu, California. Painted plein air on 140 lb WC paper. Last session of my class. I will miss Joe Cibere's great inspiration and instrution. I might try a figure or head painting class next. Wonderful day and beautiful weather.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Paramount-Ranch-Eucalyptus
Last painting of the morning at Paramount Ranch. I love Eucalyptus trees. Even though they are Austrailian in origin, they seen so "California" to me.
Paramount-Ranch-Roughs
Roughs painted today at Paramount Ranch during my plen air WC class. 20 minutes each give or take.
Monday, July 25, 2011
St. Christoforo su Naviglio, Milan
Did this sketch in 2009 on a trip to Milan. Done in ink and watercolor plaeina ir in my Moleskine sketchbook. It was fun to sit there across form the church and watch people come in and out while i was sketching.
Milan restaurant boat, Naviglio Grande, Milan
Sketched this back in 2009 on a trip to Milan. Cool Restaurant boat on the Maviglio Grande canal. Done plein air in my Moleskine 5x7 sketchbook.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Heber-C-Kimball-home
Sketched in line and painted in water color (plein aire) from across the street in historic restored section of Nauvoo, Illinois. Was there with my wife for a few days on a great vacation, wonderful place to visit. Many other interesting homes and buildings from the period of 1838-1846 have been restored and are full of period furniture. My Great-Great-Grandfather lived here with his family from 1842-1846 before he left for the Salt Lake Valley as a pioneer/refugee.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Lady-Harbor,-Santa-Cruz-Island
I was fortunate to be invited along with my sons to gor to Santa Cruz Island on a friend's boat. They were going spear fishing, but I rented a wetsuit and spent my time snorkeling in this beautiful bay. I made friends with harbor seals and watched many fish swim through the kelp forests.
I started to paint this little water color sketch from the boat anchored in the bay, when the stern anchor pulled loose and we started to drift. It took an hour to get the anchor reset and I had to finish this sketch at home.
Wonderful trip and a great memory.
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Corseaux-sur-Vevey
I spent a few a bit of time last Wednesday sitting and sketching this view of the old church in Corseaux-sur-Vevey. This sketch was done plein air in my double spread Moleskine watercolor notebook. The famous silent film star Charley Chaplin lived in this town and the park to the right is named after him. Spring has just come to Switzerland and this day was wonderfully sunny but cool.
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