Desert Scene

The deserts of New Mexico look wonderful after the rain. The challenge here is to prevent the shadows from going flat; keeping them with "air and color". Gouache on watercolor paper.

Desert Splendor

Pastoral landscape

An example of a finished gouache painting on watercolor on paper. Size 8x10".

Road to the Ranch

Somewhere in Vermont's Countryside

This is a example of linear composition. Gouache on watercolor paper. Size: 8x10 in.

A Dairy Farm's Splendor

High-Key Cityscape

In this example most values are compressed in the high to middle range. Gouache on watercolor paper.

City of Bath, West of London.

A Midday View

A gouache painting on watercolor paper. Ponte San Michele, Vicenza, Veneto, Italy.

Italian Landscape

Cruising Paris

A view of the Eiffel Tower from the Seine river at sunset. Gouache on watercolor paper.

Sunset from the Seine river

Limited Palette

Sketching the Albert Dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Painted on Jack Richeson studio watercolor paper; 135lb.

Albert Dock Buildings, Liverpool.

Different Style

Here is a cartoonish version of some beautiful streets in Amsterdam.

Amsterdam Streets

Perfect for Rainy Scenes

Watercolor is just right for this kind of subject.

Spring Rain Chat.10x8 in watercolor.

One hour Sketches

Some quick sketches in gouache.

Simple Subjects

I love to render the different ways that water is colored by the sky. For water to look realistic it almost always is of darker value than the sky. Notice the following sketches:

Baja Sailing

China Style Fishing