Using Tortillions with Graphite Power

These simple sketches started with a drawing foundation using a small tortillion and graphite followed by gouache.

Cellar. Provence, France

Sunset in the Mountains

Several Sketches

Here are a few sketches in different styles and media.

Mosquito Planet

Hostile Planet

Saguaro Desert

Dusseldorf School of Romantic Landscape

A view of the Yosemite. Gouache on Lanaquarelle cold-press watercolor paper.

Yosemite Storm

John Constable Style

Classic landscape style using watercolor and gouache on paper.

English Cottage and Pond

Portrait of and Older man

Here is another example of a portrait with Prismacolor.

Homeless Older Man

Prismacolor Sketch

This was executed with pencil and Prismacolor Premier PC935 on paper.

Prismacolor Sketch

Pencil and Gouache

This pelican was completely undisturbed in spite of people getting within 3 ft to take his picture. A very cool customer.

Pelican Portrait

Rannerdale, Lake District

The challenge was to render the background mountains without intruding with the values of the middle ground and foreground. Rannerdale Knotts is a fell in the Lake District of Cumbria, England. A fell is a high and barren landscape feature.

Blue Lake

Ocean View in France

Gouache painting in transparent watercolor style.

Côte d'Azur. French Riviera.

Linear Composition

An example of attention to design in a linear composition. Gouache on hot-press Lanaquarelle paper.

Tree Splendor

After the Rain

 This is a gouache painting on watercolor paper.

Walking the Dog

A View of Bel Air Drive

Gouache on watercolor paper.

Midday View.

Cityscape

Exploring a different genre.

City Workers. Gouache on paper.

Small Watercolor Sketches

Rendering faces with watercolor.

Sketching faces

First Impressions

The simplest subjects in watercolor painting can be the most charming.

Plein Air