Sky Sunset study

One of the things I have been working on is to do as many starts (on paintings) as possible as a way to improve my painting skills.  This is a block-in of the Sun setting behind a cloud and its reflection in a small lake.  This will need a lot of work but it is part of the starts.

Another Night Nocturne

This is another Night Nocturne I blocked -in.  I will need to work on the reflection.  It is one of the harder parts of water, so I will continue to work on it.

Beach Nocturne Study

This is the block-in I did of a beach at night.  I will have to work on the water as it will need the most work.  I have been out of town but now I am back to work and painting.

Boreal Forest from the sky Study

This is a small study I have worked on.  It is a Boreal Forest i.e. from the Great North of Alaska or Canada as seen from the air.  It is not a bad block in but I will have to go back and smooth out some of the detail to make the foliage seem more convincing.

Summer Break - James Snow Boarding

Since it is a bit of a heat wave, I decided to post a sketch I did of James Snowboarding.  James was pretty fearless and would jump, grind, and wipeout on everything, but he certainly enjoyed himself and the slopes.

Delicate Arch Nocturne

I started this over the weekend and it is nowhere near finished.  I did a smaller version of this ten years ago and I wanted to do a larger more in depth version.  So this is 24 x 18 inches.  I have blocked in the basics.  The sky is too light as I want to make it look like the Milky Way with the thousands of stars you can see in the real back country without light pollution.

Sunset River reflection study

I worked on this over the weekend.  I added the foliage and branches.  I added highlights to the foliage both in the background trees and the foreground grasses.  So another study done on the way to complete the 10,000 hours of practice needed to get to mastery of a skill.