Scottish highlands - Block-in

Thank God I am done with that week at regular work.  Sometimes it is absolutely ridiculous.  Some days I wish I had just gone to art school out of high school.  I don't know where I would be but it could not be as annoying as the current state of things.  Thank God for painting, it definitely keeps me sane.  About 30 years ago, I got to go to the Scottish highlands twice.  I cannot wait to go back.  This is an oil study and not an original composition but it is just like the scenes I saw there so long ago.

Alaskan Waterfall - Part Two

Today was the first day back at the day job, not bad actually, but I would rather be painting.  I came back home and dug this study out.  I am not yet the type of painter who can finish a painting in one sitting.  I have to fight struggle, rest, and try again.  I think I let this sit for at least six months if not a year and then I went at it again.  The biggest and best addition was the start of the Fir and Spruce trees on the slope near the waterfall.  I worked on the fall a little bit and I have started to change the fjord water, both need more work.  The cliff and rocks will need a lot of work before I am satisfied with them.

Bare Oak Tree study

Tonight's post is a silhouette of a bare Oak tree done in ink.

Spruce Study

A Memorial Day Spruce Evergreen Tree study in ink.  I have an entire sketchbook of trees and this is the lastest edition to that sketchbook.

Afternoon Seaside Thunderstorms

This is today's painting work or play.  I worked on this start of Thunderstorms over the seaside.  I want to work on the water and the clouds to give them extra depth and colors.  I want to work on the edges with in the clouds.

Panama Jungle - Part 2

I worked on the Panama Jungle Study from a few weeks back.  I used a grey wash (with oil paint) to push the foliage into the background.  I then added Tree trunks to the foreground and some hanging vines.  I will add leaves to the foreground to finish this up, so you will be able to see the forest/jungle through the trees.

Lighthouse Hill - block-in

I got a late start on this.  I plan to work on a lot of these little started paintings over the Memorial Day weekend.  this is an overcast sky, hill with sea grass, and it will eventually have a lighthouse on the skyline of the hill.  The sky and the sea grass will need some adjustment and detail, but it will wait till Saturday.