Saturday, November 6, 2021

Cheetah - Ink Brush drawing


 This is part of my daily practice.  This is an ink brush of a running Cheetah.

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

Western Meadowlark


 This is a birthday card for my Godmother, Karen.  She is in Nebraska and the Western Meadowlark is the Nebraska State bird.

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Crow Searching


 This is an oil painting I did of a Crow searching for it's mate.  The canvas is 8 x 10 inches.

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Oak Island Gouache


 This is a gouache watercolor of the Oak Island Lighthouse in North Carolina.  This was done for a study and possible larger oil painting.

Friday, September 24, 2021

Alyssa Birthday!


 It has been a little over a week, but I have been out of town.  his is the birthday card I did for niece Alyssa.  It features her dog, Dallas.

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Einstein the Corgi


 This is a colored pencil sketch of Einstein the Corgi.  He is a noble dog and loves his mommy, my daughter Tiffany.

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Pine Marten - Happy Father's Day


 This is a Pine Marten, a member of the weasel family here in the US.  He lives and hunts in the pine forests of the US.  I did this with watercolor and ink as a Father's Day card for my Dad, since he likes these kind of animals.

Friday, June 11, 2021

Plover Chick


 This is an oil painting of a Plover chick.  A Plover is a shore bird, especially here on the east coast of the US.

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Bar Harbor #3


 This is the last of my Bar Harbor Maine oil sketches. It is done on board and is 12 x 5 inches.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Bar harbor #2 Quick sketch


 This is one of the other Bar Harbor, Maine oil sketches I did last week.  It is oil painting on a board 5 x 12 inches.

Friday, May 21, 2021

Bar Harbor, oil sketch #1


 I recently went up to Maine and did a few oil sketches of the skies up there.  This is the first, 5 x 7 inches on board.

Friday, May 7, 2021

Jordie and Gigi - the Dachs-ies


 This is a colored pencil sketch of the Dachshunds - Jordie and Gigi.  Dogs belonging to my cousin Karen.

Sunday, April 18, 2021

Bay Bridge - Sunrise


 This is a 8 x 10 inch oil painting of the Sunrising on the Bay Bridge in Maryland.

Monday, April 12, 2021

Sanguine Frog commission


 This is a recently completed commission of a Sanguine Poison Frog in oil on a 5 x 5 inch canvas.

Friday, February 12, 2021

Common Goldeneye


 In like the birds, so here is another one.  This is a Common Goldeneye duck done with ink brush and watercolors.

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Running Pronghorn


 I am doing a few studies of Pronghorn Antelope for a larger painting and this is one of the ones I have done.  This is watercolors.

Monday, February 8, 2021

Collared Aracaris


 Tonight's post is of the Toucan cousins, the Collared Aracarises.  Done in watercolors.

Monday, February 1, 2021

Osprey


 This is another bird of prey done with an ink brush and markers.  This is an Osprey.

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Steller's Sea-Eagle


 This is a Steller's Sea-Eagle done with ink brush and watercolors.

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Snowy Owl


 I used watercolor and salt to get the flaky background image behind this Snowy Owl.

Monday, January 18, 2021

Great Tit


 I have been working to a lot of these to practice drawing and painting skills.  All are works in progress.  This is a Great Tit.

Sunday, January 17, 2021

Black Collared Barbet


 This is another one of the birds, the Black Collared Barbet in watercolor paint.

Saturday, January 16, 2021

Friday, January 15, 2021

Scarlet Tanager


 This is part of the bird series, it is a Scarlet Tanager in watercolors.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Violet Sabrewing


 This is a Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird.  This is an ink brush and watercolor.  This is a Central American hummingbird, one of the largest in the World.

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Wood Duck


 This is an ink brush and watercolor of a Wood Duck.  Part of the series I am doing on birds.

Saturday, January 9, 2021

Ruddy Turnstone


 Today's post is a Ruddy Turnstone, shorebird.  This was done with ink brush and watercolor.

Friday, January 8, 2021

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

American Kestral


 This is a watercolor of an American Kestral.  A small raptor in North America.

Monday, January 4, 2021

Prothonotary Warbler


 Tonight's Post is a Prothonotary Warbler in watercolor and ink brush.

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Galapagos Penguin


 This is tonight's post, a watercolor and ink brush Galapagos Penguin.

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Little Blue Heron


 This is a watercolor of a Little Blue Heron.  I sketched this with an ink brush and then I added the color with watercolors.

Friday, January 1, 2021

Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, Delaware


 This is a 11 x 14 inch Oil painting of the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse in Delaware.  Happy New Year!!