Wind Swept Cypress tree sketch

Happy Saturday, tonight's or I guess this morning since I am posting this late, is a pencil sketch of a wind swept Cypress tree.  This tree is shaped by the wind and produces great graphic shapes for sketching.

Bar Art - The Stout

So we went to Calvert Brewery on this Friday night and I decided to draw my Milk Stout Beer in pencil. It was hard to not drink it and get it drawn but such is the drama of the artist life.

Live Oak Sketch

More of the tree series, I worked on this tonight.  The Live Oaks are down in South Carolina and are impressive.  They were used back in the sailing ship days for making the stout parts of the wooden ships to include the USS Constitution hence the name Old Ironsides.

Red Oak Sketch

I meant to post this last night.  I scanned it and then got distracted and forgot.  I was a little tired after regular work.  This was part of the nightly draw and relax.

Denton Maryland Pine Tree

This is another quick sketch done over the weekend.  This was out at Denton Maryland.  I took a break and sketched this in about 15 minutes.

Tillghman Island Sunset Sketch

We took a day trip to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, to the Easton, St. Michaels, Tilghman Island area.  After a little BBQ, Wine Tasting, and Cream of Crab soup, we watched the sunset on Tilghman Island.  I did this sketch in pencil in the 15 minutes while the sun set.

Fall Foliage Lane

This is what I painted last night at the Calvert Brewery's Wine and Design though it was beer and painting.  This was done in acrylic paint.  I will probably re-work the foliage and the tree limbs to get a better more coherent  design.