Old Palace Detail

Sketch with black ink pen, oil pastels and gouche.

Dutch House, London

Sketching in Plein Air

Here are more examples of urban sketching on site. For the sketches I used Strathmore Toned Tan 80lb, 5.5x8.5 in. paper, a Uniball Vision Elite brown ink pen, a Uniball Vision Micro black ink pen, and a Primo Bianco white charcoal pencil. The other was rendered using a Pilot V Razor Point extra fine black pen on an Aqua watercolor sketch book. Before doing the sketch on the Aqua I applied a glaze of 15% gelatine and water to the paper and let it dry thoroughly.

San Clemente Fishing Pier

Terra Mar Beach, Carlsbad CA

Old House Solitude.

More urban sketching in preparation for my Monday afternoon class as a demonstration artwork for my student. The lines are diluted mixtures of dark gouache paint applied with a pen nib. No straight lines allowed.

Old Architecture

Urban Sketching

Here are some examples of the sketches we have been working on with my art students. We are using watercolors, pen, and ink. Sketching improves drawing skills, develop personal vision, and composition.

French Farm Solitud

Oil painting on a 11x14 archival paper.

Farm and Meadows, France.

Stillness of the Forest

Capturing the light in a dense forest. Gouache on paper.

Romantic Light

Vermont Barn

Another Vermont red barn in oil on polyester canvas.

Sunlight in the Forest

Watercolor Waterfalls

Watercolor study of a waterfall.

Waterfall Mist

Costa Brava

Gouache study on cold press paper.

Costa Brava, Spain

North Atlantic Storm

Here is an oil painting of a stormy sea on gesso and archival paper. To add a sense of motion I tilted the horizon.

Sea storm at Cuxhaven, Germany.

Vista by the Lake

Landscape painting with gouache impasto.

Quiet Lake