Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Several Sketches

Here are a few sketches in different styles and media.

Mosquito Planet
Hostile Planet

Saguaro Desert

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Dusseldorf School of Romantic Landscape

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

Yosemite Storm

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

John Constable Style

Classic landscape style using watercolor and gouache on paper.

English Cottage and Pond


Sunday, January 18, 2015

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

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Ocean View in France

Gouache painting in transparent watercolor style.

Côte d'Azur. French Riviera.

Friday, January 9, 2015

Linear Composition

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

Tree Splendor

Thursday, January 8, 2015

After the Rain

 This is a gouache painting on watercolor paper.

Walking the Dog

Wednesday, January 7, 2015