Direct Approach

Quick demonstration sketch for my students.

Sicilian Sun

Sketch of a narrow street in Sicily, Italy. Gouache on watercolor paper.

Moving In with Gramma.

Cottage Splendor

English cottage dappled in summer sunshine.

English Cottage. Goauche.

Green-Blue Harmony

This is a gouache piece on 140lb cold press paper.

Storm by a Certain Sea

Yellow-Green Harmony

Sketching an English cottage. Trying to capture the light bathing the scene. Gouache on paper.

Cottage Green Harmony.

Sketch without Preliminary Drawing

Here is a simplified view of Verona's Ponte Pietra bridge.  Gouache on Arches watercolor rough paper.

Verona, Spain

Gouache Painting on Watercolor Paper

A view of a fishing village in England. Gouache on paper.

A Village by the Sea. England.

Following the Notan

This is a small painting as a demo for my students. I created a notan -a Japanese design concept- from a photograph and followed it to make the watercolor painting. In the process of creating a good composition most elements are re arranged and a new original painting emerges.Gouache on 140 lb watercolor paper

The Thames River Banks,  London.

Quick Gouache Sketches

Here are two sketches done in less than 30 minutes each.

End of the Street, Australia.

Napoles Street Market at Sunset, Italy.

Toned paper Sketches

Here is a gouache color sketch and pen and ink ketches on Kraft paper.

Viewpoint Apt., Encinitas, CA

Art Class Sketches

More pen and ink sketches for the students in my art class. I am careful to draw and paint myself all the art exercises the students are suppose to do. I always paint along with them.

Trees at a Distance. Exercise 13.

Trees with Personality. Exercise 14.

Today's Urban Sketch. Exercise 15.