Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods - block-in

Tonight's escape from the work rat race is a block-in of an oil painting of Pikes Peak from the Gardens of the Gods in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  This is just the start and I will need to add a lot of detail to the scrub oaks in the foreground as just an example of the work needing to be done with this one.

Mountain Chickadee and Pine Branch

Simple pencil sketch of a Mountain Chickadee and Pine Branch.  A lite and easy sketch for a Monday

Scottish Highlands _ Part 2

I worked on this painting today, adding more texture and color.  I worked the sky, the mountains, and the stream.  I still need to work the fore ground and middle ground to add details of rocks and some trees along the stream line.

Lazuli Bunting - Lstly Finished

I saw this bird for the first time back in Utah a few weeks ago, so I decided to paint and small study of one.  You can see the block-i  with the basic colors.  I adjusted the background with washes of green, yellow and orange to grey it out.  I then added the feather detail and claws to the Bunting.

Oak Tree Sketch with three colors

A little experiment with three colors of colored pencils.  Two shades of orange and a black pencil.  Nice to be done with the work week and to get something done I like.

Spring Valley

I have been working on this for a while and I went over this again today.  I reworked the colors of the sky, mountains, and I tried to fix the trees.  I am not satisfied with the colors and shapes on this one.  This is not my original design but one more for the practice.

Happy Father's Day

Some of my earliest memories are going Fishing for Rainbow trout in the Northern part of Colorado. So I usually do the Fishing theme for my Father's Day card to my Dad.