Saturday, February 7, 2015

Gouache on Cover Paper

Gouache works well with 67lb. cover paper. For the base drawing I used a black Prismacolor pencil.

Peasant Girl

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Charcoal on Paper

Sketching with charcoal on newsprint paper.

Unexpected Visitor

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Using Tortillions with Graphite Power

These simple sketches started with a drawing foundation using a small tortillion and graphite followed by gouache.

Cellar. Provence, France


Sunset in the Mountains

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