Here’s a plein air sketch of the Chinese Peace Pavilion on “Strawbery Hill“, Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. The trick with this painting was to paint a monolithic structure. I
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Here’s a plein air sketch of Stow Lake (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco) from the Chinese Peace Pavilion.
It was a beautiful, sunny day in San Francisco today — 73 degrees! I loaded up a small pochade kit on my bike, and headed down to Golden Gate Park.
While looking through reference photos last night, I stopped at one that had caught my eye before. In the distance, a rower in a small row boat on the lake.
The Golden Gate Park Bank has started their concerts again (running through October) every Sunday. As I’m starting to paint the figure again a bit more, I road my bike
I’ve painted this bridge before, and wrote about the history of this area. This is a different view, and I’m much happier not only with the composition, but the color,
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
Yesterday was an absolutely perfect day to paint. The light could not have been clearer. It was an orange-yellow, which made the most perfect blue-violet shadows (shadow colors are generally
There’s an area of Golden Gate Park called “The Chain of Lakes” that I’ve painted before. There are a couple of trees there (I still don’t know what variety, although
Last Sunday was a beautiful day for walking, and the far western edge of San Francisco (known as “Lands End“) was striking the last hour of the day (“Golden Hour“).