Birthday Pug

Today is my baby sister's birthday.  I draw cards for family members for birthdays and since she has three Pug dogs, I thought she needed a Halloween Witchy Pug.  Happy Birthday Michele!  This is black and grey markers.

Art Marker Oak Tree Sketch

Tonight's Post is another Art Marker Tree study.  I used Coptic Art Markers grey toned markers for this sketch of an Oak Tree trunk and lowest branches.  This is in the sketch book of trees, which is part of the practice work I try to do on a daily basis.

Marker Tree Sketch

Easy, relaxing sketch tonight.  I had a headache last night after getting back from work, so no artwork then, just some re-org stuff in the art room.  I did this as a quick sketch with a Pentic Art Marker.

Scuba James - Nearly finished

I worked on Scuba James today.  I refined the water some and fixed some things which bothered me about his face and some of the details.  I will leave the water alone but I may work the face a little more after a rest.

Kerri's Portrait

My daughter Kerri said she wanted a painting of a photo she had took a few years back.  She say the other paintings of her sister and brother and she said she wanted one.  I will do a more complicated one which is more than a silhouette.

Mountain Cherry Tree

This was a bit of an experiment.  This acrylic   painting is done with only four colors and the majority is white and black.  The foliage in the cherry tree is blue, red and white.  This is much like an oriental mountain "Sumi" ink painting.   It is always good to change things up and try something new and in a different medium.

Yosemite Sketch

I am back up and running after a little scanner computer problem.  This is a pencil sketch of a painting by Thomas Hill from about 100 years ago.  Going pencil studies of paintings and scenes is a way to learn and to understand the darks and lights of a painting without worrying about color.