While I was in NYC last week on business, I brought a simple pen and ink set. I draw using a fountain pen with Roting-Brown ink, and a watercolor brush with water to create the wash. I like to sketch people (for some reason, landscape less so). Parks are a good spot. People tend to … Read more
The Fall is the best time to paint the coast here as there’s usually not as much fog. I expected to paint an ocean view, but came across this view of a field and cliff (click for Google Map of the location, just north of Half Moon Bay). I liked the arrangement of shapes and … Read more
Crissy Field is San Francisco’s newest major park, dedicated in 2001. Originally an airfield in 1919, the field was the site of one of the earliest army airfields on the west coast. The western portion of the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held here, including The Grand Prix. According the NPS website, “The winning auto … Read more
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco is no longer an art museum–as you might think–but a park and very fun hands-on science museum called the “Exploritorium” . The complex of buildings was built for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, just a few short years after the devastating 1906 Great Earthquake and Fire.The Exposition … Read more
Roads and pathwayss are often used as compositional devices by artists (click here for a Google images search result to see some samples). After all, artist’s use principles of design to lead the eye within a painting, in order to maintain interest. A road is an easy way to lead the eye, because we’re trained … Read more