Black Hills South Dakota - round two

I worked on the Black Hills today, ironically making them a little less black.  I started to add the pine trees and to further refine the foreground meadow.  The trees will need some more work as will the meadow.

Old Tree Snag Ink drawing

I am continuing the work on trees and experimenting with different styles.  This ink drawing is done in a wood block style.  I used Coptic ink pens.

Old Oak Trunk Sketch

This is a simple pencil sketch, just part of the evening ritual of incremental practice which over time leads to improvement.  So enjoy my improvement.

Brush Pen Tree people

Not an original design, but a nice fun destress for the day.  I used a Pental Brush Pen which has a felt tip which is brush like and makes thin and fat strokes.

Haystack sketch

A worked on this pencil sketch today after work, nothing about a little art therapy.  Not a great sketch but better than work and much more enjoyable.

Black Hills South Dakota - Block-in

I started this today since I wanted to not be fussing with paintings already going.  This is from a trip to South Dakota a few years back.  Manny of my photos are very subtle which makes them a challenge.  This is a mid-day scene too which is different than most things I try.  I really liked the fading out of the grasses to a barely green grey.  The fore ground will have Ponderosa Pine trees but I wanted to get the middle ground right before putting them in.

Pikes Peak from Gardens of the Gods

I worked on this oil painting today.  It has a lot of subtle colors so it has been a challenge to complete.  I have added detail all around but especially I have set in the foliage and tried to add and detail the branches and the trunks.   I will need to continue to work on them and to add foliage highlights.