Sparrow and Cheery Blossoms

This is another Sumie style watercolor of a Sparrow and Cherry Blossoms. This is a classic style, I copied to learn the basic brush strokes and to think about the composition.  Plus I really liked this one.

Hummingbird

This is a Sumie exercise.  It's a watercolor japanese style.  This is not one if my designs, but is a practice piece which I did ten or twelve times for practice.  Each time I varied this was the best one.

Memory Sketch - the Wife

So if you want a challenge try memory sketching.  This is probably the best of the dozen or so I have tried.  I did this sketch without the wife being present and from memory.  Its not a bad likeness, but it needs work.  The other memory sketches will not see the light of day.  More practice needed.

Quick Sketch - Tiffany

More of the quick sketches from my small sketchbook.  This is my daughter Tiffany at the Greenbrier in West Virginia.   We were waiting to get into one of their restaurants and I spent about 10 minutes on this one.

Chesapeake Dead Rise fishing boat

This is a small oil painting of a Chesapeake Dead Rise fishing boat from a picture I found.  So I can't claim the image but, I really wanted to see if I could capture the sunset and the reflection on the water of the Chesapeake Bay.

Take your sketchbook everywhere

I try to take my sketchbook everywhere.  I do quick sketches of people and family members when I can.  This is a pen sketch of my niece, Alyssa waiting in the movie theater for Despicable 2 to start last summer.  I think I will do a series of posts this week of these sketches..

Alaska Shoreline

This is another Alaska Shoreline sketch.  Its a little more finished than my previous sketches.  I definitely recommend any travel to Alaska.   I would like to go back and go at a slower pace and doing more art, than trying to pack everything into a week long trip.  Maybe we drive the Al-Can highway, it would be a good way to travel though incredible country at your own pace.