Mixed Media Sketch

Frosty Morning

Blue Bird

Sketching with the Vista Art Foundation.

Blue Bird

Charcoal on Newsprint Paper

Basic charcoal, light gouache paint, and newsprint paper.

A Girl

Back to Oil Painting

This is an 14x11 in piece on polyester canvas on Masonite.

Hill by Dixon Lake, Escondido, CA

Sketching Strees with Organic Strokes

Charcoal allows great control over edges, lines, and shades. In my art classes I place great emphasis in the quality and variety of charcoal strokes. The skills acquired in charcoal sketching carry over into watercolor and oil painting in my advanced classes.