Friday, June 26, 2015

More Evocative Landscape

A painting with gouache and watercolor. Evocative: evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response.

Road Less Traveled

Thursday, June 25, 2015

Drawing Animals

Here is a conscientious but tired meerkat. Strathmore Toned Gray sketch, 80 lb paper, 400 Series.

Southern Africa mongoose

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

Monday, June 22, 2015

One More Charcoal Sketch

Rendering in charcoal is great for studying the how light hits the planes of the face.

A Man


Friday, June 19, 2015

White Charcoal

An charcoal sketch on Strathmore gray toned 90lb paper.

Hippo Close-up

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Mountains Motif

The difficulty in this painting was dealing with the compressed tonal range in the dark side of the mountains.

Mountain Range

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Exploring Soft and Lost Edges

An example of a landscape with very few sharp edges. Gouache and Watercolor on mixed-media paper.

Pond Grove

Small Sketch on Mixed-media Paper

Several of my students are at the beginners level and are required to do a bring a completed sketch every week. I sketch with them whenever I can.

Late Afternoon Grazing

Friday, June 12, 2015

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Landscape Sketch with Gouache

Sunset view on Lanaquarelle 140lb. watercolor paper.

Sunset by the River

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Moonlight Color Harmony

Painting a scene under the moonlight requires a little research. Moonlight is not bluish as frequently rendered but slightly redder then sunny daylight. Photographers like to take pictures of moonlit scenes with white balance set to 4100K.

This artwork was painted with gouache on a 12x16 in watercolor paper.

Moonlight Glow