Bristle Cone Pine Marker sketch

Tonight's sketch of the day is a marker sketch of Bristle Cone Pine trees.  They like to grow t the tree line near high attitude in the Mountains across the mountains of the western of the US.

Scraggly Pine Tree Sketch

I used the brown markers to finish these Scraggly Pine trees tonight.  I have a little ADD and I did this sketch while watching the Washington Capitals play hockey against the Pittsburgh Penguins.  Caps won tonight which makes the sketching the most enjoyable.

Scraggy Pine Tree sketch

More tree work tonight.  I survived another day of regular work and enjoy this part better than the stuff today.  So I did this quick sketch to work on the quick capture of trees and sketches.

Pine Tree Study in Ink

I worked on this tree study tonight of Ponderosa Pine Tree done in Ink Markers.

Kite Shop, Ocean City Maryland

I spent the weekend in Ocean City, I did this plein air study of the Kite Shop from our hotel balcony.  I want to do more paintings like his in the future.

Mountain Cloud Study - Block-in

I worked on this tonight, more of the cloud study series.  Trying to get better initial block-ins.  Though this will need some work to get it right.

Rose Hips

So I refuse to watch election crap.  I painted this and had the Hockey game on as background noise.  I did this oil study of Rose Hips.  This was a practice in quick, one touch style painting.  I want to get to the point I can do one of these paintings in one go and to not have to go back and make changes or additions.