posemainiacs

These drawings are on tissue paper. I used Elmer's glue stick to glue a beige tissue paper on top of an encyclopedia page. The tissue paper came when my anniversary flowers were delivered (the tissue paper kept the vase from shaking around in the box it was held in).

 I sketched from posemanics.com with a felt tip marker but the Elmer's glue served as a resist so it didn't go on very well. I used black marker and gray marker for the shading but you can't really tell.

I used children's watercolor to color around the figures, it drys very chalky looking and it's a different color when it is wet.

Hotel Del Coronado Corner of RH Dana and Orange Avenue, Coronado

Evan's Pond at Scripps Ranch Library 2015

Evan's Pond

This is a work in progress started at the San Diego Watercolor Society at Evan's Lake by Scripps Ranch Library. It was a muggy morning and I had a hard time finding a subject that "moved" me! I will continue to focus on separating the tree masses with watercolor pencil. 

Viking in oil pastel

This oil pastel sketch is 6 x 6 inches. I worked on gessoed paper from a reference photo I took while at the Vista Viking Festival 2015.

Viking

Practicing watercolor from a photo taking at the Viking Festival in Vista last month.

Mermaid and Goddess

some sketches done while visiting my friend Kathy.

Spanish Village

This watercolor of an area in Spanish Village was painted on gessoed paper. It was very frustrating because the paint just sits on top of the paper. I repeat the same mistakes by thinking I can be successful using this method. It doesn't work.

DOORS of Spanish Village.

Culvier Park, La Jolla September 2015

Viking watercolor sketch

Still life and 2 vikings

Practicing watercolor with a still life set up on my kitchen table and painting vikings from photographs I took at the Vista Viking Festival this weekend.

Vista Viking Festival 2015

The Vista Viking Festival was held in Norway Hall in San Diego this weekend. We enjoyed watching bread, weapons, coins and lefse being made. This is one of the men I enjoyed watching and sketching.

Viking Battle at Vista Viking Festival 2015

Vista Viking Festival 2015

someone sleeping

someone sleeping

Discovery Lake, San Marcos

A lake in San Marcos with hiking and running trails. Painting plein air with the San Diego Plein Air Painters.

Sculpture Court, Balboa Park

Wave Crest Woodie Meet, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas

My watercolor on Canson Watercolor Board created at the Wave Crest Woodie Meet in Encinitas today.

Carved and Whittled Sculpture - American Folk Art