Kensington, Adams Avenue and Kensington

Seaport Village, San Diego

A watercolor painted on location at Seaport Village with the San Diego Watercolor Society.



A 4 minute video of the area and the San Diego Watercolor Society Wednesday Morning Painters.

Lake Mira Mar, San Diego

This sketch was created on illustration paper and from a photo reference.

Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego

With the San Diego Urban Sketchers

The Cemetery, the artists, their sketches and views of the harbor and Coronado Bridge.Fort Rosecrans is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. The cemetery is located approximately 10 miles west of Downtown San Diego, overlooking San Diego Bay and the city from one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other.

Leo Carrillo Ranch, Carlsbad

International Cottages

A Lydeo and my sketch created with San Diego Sketch Crawlers at International Cottages in Balboa Park .

Made in America, Mingei International Museum, Feb. 2016

Just a peak and my favorites from the Mingei

San Diego Watercolor Society, Craig Anderson Demo & Paint Out Feb. 2016

Kensington, San Diego Watercolor Society Feb. 2016

Painting with the Watercolor Society today in Kensington.

February 7, Journal page

A post card, a leaf print and an envelope.

Alta Vista Gardens, Vista

A watercolor sketch while at Alta Vista Gardens, in Vista.

February 5th Journal Spread

A Mariachi on Ampersand

This 3 x 4 sketch was created on an Ampersand  Claybord. I tried a watercolor sketch of a mariachi from a photo. Then I used a sketch pen for the lines.

Belmont Park, San Diego, San Diego Watercolor Society Feb. 2016

A 1:30 minute video of the SDWS Paint Out.

My painting.

Book making

I taught one of the books and 2 friends taught the other books. A fun day with the Sarah Group.

Pamphlet Stitch Book, Accordion book, and X Book with Pockets

Los Rios Street

This sketch was done at Los Rios Street in San Juan Capistrano. I was chatting with friends now and then so I did this in bits and pieces. First brush pen, colored it with watercolor paint then added a bit of rapido sketch pen.

Wolf Moon

I belong to a Facebook group that posts a moon for every month. I just got mine in on the 29th. I kept it simple with colored pencil but there are some beautiful posts so far.

JANUARY – Full Wolf Moon Amid the cold and deep snows of midwinter, the wolf packs howled hungrily outside Indian villages.

Sketching at the car wash

X book with pocket

things on my mantel

Tylenol PM

Old Town California

Sketching with pencil and watercolor in my sketchbook. At Old Town with the Urban Sketchers.

Salvation Mountain, Niland, CA

Salton Sea Mud Pots & Geothermal Mud Volcanoes

San Diego Embarcadero

Added ink to the sketch I did while on location with the San Diego Watercolor Society.

Life Drawing

Figure drawing in watercolor.

Lori

Embarcadero Marina Park South with SDWS

Painting with the San Diego Watercolor Society at the Embarcadero in San Diego

mini sketch 2

watching tv

mini sketches

Watching tv drawings and doodles

West Coast Clydesdale Ranch

With the San Diego Urban Sketchers in Lakeside today.

2 Dona Lemons and a Velarde Tangelo

Trying some gauche today.

Life Drawing (pencil and watercolor)

Sketches done at life drawing in Ramona.

5 two minute pencil and watercolor

2 twent minute pencil and watercolor

1 20 minute

Stealing candy.

yes, i had to draw it.

tv drawing

I am participating in a a sketch a day at the facebook page, 366 Days of Art in 2016. 

This was mysketch for January 13th.

Gaeasoul

Martin Watkinson and Cherita Meadows were performing at the Old Poway Farmers Market. I only got Martin, cellist on video because I was painting him. You can check out their work here www.gaeasoul.com!

Shuang Li demo at San Diego Watercolor Society Paint Out and Demo

A demo by Shuang Li was a bonus while I attended a paint out hosted by the San Diego Watercolor Society at Old Poway Park. Watch a bit of the demo, take a peek at the train barn and check out the SDWS artist's paintings done on location in Poway.

My watercolor of Martin Watkinson

contour

contour sketch of my friend at coffee

House Finch

Watercolor noses

Practicing my watercolor noses. I tried so hard not to overwork the straight on view on the left but I kept working on it to get it right. Finally gave up.

New Etsy Listings

2 handmade one of a kind mini accordion books filled with illustration paper.

Rain!

Eye practice

Practicing eyes from Charles Reid's Watercolor Solutions. I copied his 3 drawings using pencil. Then I went to google images to find 2 sets of eyeballs to watercolor. One set looking up and one looking down.

Food Court

I was exchanging a gift but I had to get out of there fast. The mall was so full of people on a Sunday afternoon it made me crazy. Retreated to the food court to sketch a bit using a Koo-h-Noor rapido sketch pen.

Liberty Station

With the San Diego Plein Air Painters. A watercolor from the walk way at Liberty Station in Point Loma.

Koh i noor

A surprise New Year gift from Gary.