Hawaiian White Hibiscus Flower - Block-in

I started this Hawaiian White Hibiscus Flower Oil sketch this evening.  I have not been painting, just sketching so I decided to wet the brush this evening and start this up.

Happy Halloween - Part 2

I have further refined some of the tree and house detail.  I added cartoon like Trick or Treaters who represent my kids when they were little and their favorite Halloween costumes.  I need to add branch detail, stars and a few details here and there.

Bristle Cone Pine Tree Sketch

More of the tree series.  This is a Bristle Cone Pine tree.  These are very old trees which grow at the timberline at nearly 10,000 feet.

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.