Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Composition

Modifying the elements in a scene is essential to improve a painting.

Alpine Scene

Monday, May 18, 2015

Sketching Personality

Charcoal portrait with as few strokes as possible.

Personality



Sunday, May 17, 2015

Charcoal on Newsprint Paper

Testing the texture of newsprint paper with charcoal pencil.

Feline Attention

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Charcoal Sketch of a Duck

Here is a simple charcoal sketch on mixed media paper.

Floating

Gray Scale Spheres in Watercolor

Rendering the sphere in watercolor is a difficult exercise for beginner students but essential to master. Two methods are exemplified below.

Wet-in-wet to Dry Brush

Wet Zone to Dry Brush

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Friday, May 1, 2015

Charcoal Sketch with Large Tortillions

Small sketch with charcoal dust and paper blenders on mixed media paper.

Iceland House

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Back to Oil Painting

This is an 14x11 in piece on polyester canvas on Masonite.

Hill by Dixon Lake, Escondido, CA

Vista neighborhood.