I had fun with this one! Got to paint with transparent darks (in the shadowed rocks and dark water) and calligraphic brushstrokes; rocks, ice plant, water–all favorite subjects! And, there is a video! However, I’m out of town this week, and don’t have my regular MacBook, so the video will have to wait until this … Read more
Today’s a big day! Stephen Doherty’s 8-page article about me in American Artist arrived in the mail to subscribers today. My painting, “Secluded Cove” is featured on the cover, along with several other works inside. The focus of article is my experience in social media (eg, Facebook, YouTube, etc) and this blog. After 390 posts and … Read more
The trees are in bloom in San Francisco! I think we had a false Spring, lots of warm weather the past few weeks, but the rains have returned. I went to Stowe Lake again in Golden Gate Park with the intention of painting the Cherry blossoms and the Golden Gate Peace Pavilion, a building I’ve … Read more
I like to paint cityscapes to practice learning to abstract scenes and focus on big shapes. This was one such exercise. There are just a couple of big shapes and values here: the sky, distant hills, buildings in light and the trees. Once I blocked in the buildings, I added lines here and there to … Read more
I’ve painted the same spot “en plein air” several times, so I’ve now begun to tackle some larger paintings in the studio. This isn’t essential, but I think it helps. Bird Rock from Rodeo Beach, Oil on Linen, 12×16 SOLD I took snap shots of the painting in progress to show you my start-to-finish process. … Read more
The weather in the Bay Area continues to be fantastic, although with all sunshine and no rain, we’ll pay for it this summer with drought. I was able to meet John Deckert (here’s his post for the day), who–as a local–was able to find me in this out of the way spot. Brent Jensen wasn’t … Read more
I was able to complete two paintings yesterday at Rodeo Beach, a new favorite painting spot in Marin County. I’m going out again today with Brent Jensen. The weather is even better than yesterday! Sorry to those artists reading this in the cold in the rest of country 🙁 Bird Rock, Oil on Linen, 8×10 … Read more