Puget Sound - Sun setting

We went on a cruise up to Alaska last September.  This is a quick sketch as the ship was traveling in the early evening out of the Puget Sound.  It is hard to capture the millions of diamond-sparkling reflections off the water, but it is fun to try and it transports me back to the passage of time on the sound.

Figure Study

This is Friday Night entertainment.  I found an old photo of an artist model and decided to sketch it in charcoal and white chalk on grey toned paper.  Art work and an adult beverage is the perfect way to finish off a work week.

Brown Pelican

Enjoy this Brown Pelican sketch in colored pencil.  We have seen these in California, Washington State, Canada, and Alaska.  While slightly odd looking, they are graceful flyers.

Himalayan Bulbul

Today's bird is a Himalayan Bulbul, they are birds of the Indian sub-continenent.  They are part of the morning greeting committee.  They remind me of the Blue Jays here in the US.  I did this in colored pencil.

Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher

Long day at work, so I will fall back on a bird sketch.  This colored pencil sketch is of a Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher.  We saw this in Oklahoma a few years back.

Polar Bears

I did some Polar Bear sketches on tan colored paper with pencil, white chalk, and colored pencils.  These are some experiments for a project I had in mind, hopefully I can post it in a few days as I finish it up.

The Ketch - Sailing Boat

I few years back, I got interested in reading the Patrick O'Brian Master and Commander series, its about 20+ books.  This led to some drawings and this painting.  I did this from a picture I found in a magazine.  It was for more of my own enjoyment and to experiment with atmospheric perspective.  That is the term to describe the greying out of colors into the distance.  This is why a have deep blues and greens in the foreground water and it transitions to the lighter and grayer tones of the horizon line.  I really liked the sail colors, the hull color, and the sails on the mizzen being taut against the lines from the wind change on this Ketch sailboat.  This was a painting in oil.