Beach Scene - Block-in

I started this beach scene oil sketch tonight.  I will add detail to the water and people on the beach later to complete this one.

Cottonwood Shed - block-in

Tonight I return to painting.  I feel a little rusty since I went a week+ without painting.  This is a decent start but it needs alot of work to well, "work."

Cabbage Palm sketch

Tonight's post is a pencil sketch of a Cabbage Palm.  This is part of the every day practice.  I had been unhappy with some of my paintings so I have returned to sketching.  I read recently about returning to basics when you are unhappy with a particular skill.  That is what I am trying with these sketches.

Monument Valley Sketch

I am back from a work trip and small personnel trip in connection.  I was only able to get this small sketch of Monument Valley.  I took some great pictures in Utah so hopefully I can make them into some artwork later.

Dad's Birthday Trout

Today is my Dad's Birthday, and even though I am a step son, I have never been treated as anything less than a son.  This is a rare thing in the world.  I have many memories as a little boy going fishing for trout in the mountains of Colorado.  So I have done this colorful rendition with ink and colored pencils.  Happy Birthday Dad!

a repost

Regular work has been a bear this week and I have done little to no art work.  I post this because it makes me feel better to know what sort of art I have in me when I don't have to screw with the regular work.

Palm Tree Beach pencil study

I am back from a Mother's Day weekend trip.  This is a pencil study sketch of palm trees on a beach.  I used regular pencils of various darkness.