Saturday, July 4, 2015

Maritime Scene

A peaceful evening scene at the dock. Gouache on smooth paper.

Sailboats

Transparent Gouache

This small painting is made up of many layers of semi-dry brush strokes.

Mountain Range Sunset

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Summer Landscape

A view of  fields in summer. Gouache and watercolor on paper.

Glow of Summer Light


Monday, June 29, 2015

Water Reservoir

A view of a power station in Poland. I liked the simple design of the austere building and the bushes. Gouache on paper.


Sunday, June 28, 2015

Dry Brush Watercolor

A watercolor sketch using a dry brush technique.

California Ranch

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