Point Retreat Lighthouse, Auke Bay, Alaska

This is another view of the Point Retreat Lighthouse at Auke Bay, Alaska near Juneau.  Last September, I traveled with the family up to Alaska.  We traveled along the Inner Passage and checked out Glaciers, Bears, whales, Seals, and lighthouses.

Point Retreat Lighthouse, Alaska

This is a pencil sketch of the Point Retreat Lighthouse in Alaska.  We saw this last September while on a Whale Watching tour out of Auke Bay.  During the tour, we saw this lighthouse and other one in addition to Bald Eagles, Sea Lions, Seals and Humpback Whales so it was an excellent wildlife and site seeing trip.  Get there if you can.

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.