Saturday, April 29, 2017

Liberty Station

 Still hyper from the Plein Air Convention and Expo (#PACE17) I did a sketch after entering some pieces in the San Diego Watercolor Society monthly show. The Walk for Mental Health was just wrapping up so I got to sketch. I practiced some of the many things I tried to remember from the convention.

Thursday, April 20, 2017

LA TRAVIATA


Sketching at the opera last night during the dress rehearsal of LA TRAVIATA. What a great opportunity!







Monday, April 17, 2017

Stamping and painting


One of the things I like when I "clean" my studio is I find things that I didn't know I had or that I haven't used in a long time. Sometimes I walk into my studio and I am inspired right away and I don't clean it at all. Today I spent a lot of time sorting through papers and combining them into 2 flat boxes. When I was done I came across a large bird I had photographed at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. I wasn't sure why I saved a large 8.5 x 11 print of the bird but it looked perfect for a stamp project. I sat down and carved out a small stamp using a scrap of Speedy-carve I found.

If I were to do it again I would have picked a better piece of carving material. I don't plan things out too well, I just jump in and DO IT. This bird barely fit on the stamp material. At first I used a stamp pad to ink the stamp and later used printing ink and a brayer. The paper is quite absorbent so the image came out better using more ink with the brayer.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden, Balboa Park



A 2:12 minute Lydeo of me and my friends at the Rose Garden this morning. A LOT of roses!

Balboa Park Rose Garden

This is the view of the museum at Balboa Park. I was trying a large brush and large shapes.


When my friends showed up I pulled out my small sketchbook and painted Stephen sketching.


Sunday, April 09, 2017

Chicken practice

No really chicken practice it's watercolor practice.

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Huntington Manor

My piece done at the Huntington Manor. I would like to simplify more. This mall piece is 5 x 7. Next I am going to practice going larger and having bolder shapes.


A 2 minute Lydeo of the San Diego Watercolor Society Paint out at Huntington Manor in Poway

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Fisherman's Landing, Point Loma


The San Diego Urban Sketchers had a visitor from Oxford, England! This is a 3:30 minute video of the artists, our sketches and the area in Point Loma called Fisherman's Landing.