Elk Snout

I am considering doing another Elk painting so I have done a couple of Elk Snout studies.  They really have strange noses if you really look and if you want to paint them convincingly you need to look.

Rusty Anchor - working to the finish

I took a sick day today to not spread my cold to my co-workers.  I did check in on the computer and then did a little painting on this this afternoon.  I reworked the ship side and added some rust detail, to the anchor.  I want to add some more welding detail and to work the water a little at the bottom and then this little 8x10 will be done.

Ocean City Channel Marker - Finished

It is cold and gray here today, so I decided to finish the Ocean City Channel Marker painting to remember sunnier and warmer days.  This is a 8x10 oil painting and I will probably make it into a bigger painting at some time in the future.

Stone Lantern Cherry Blossoms - Block-in

Since Spring is not that far away, I started on this Cherry Blossom painting.  This is a Stone Lantern down by the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.  I will need to finish the blossoms to bring some of them forward and I need to add detail to the Stone lantern.

Bull Elk Bugling

I great way to spend the day is to sketch.  I worked on this sketch of a Bull Elk Bugling in the Fall.  This was done on grey paper with White and Black Charcoal.

Cow Elk Sketch

Another in the series, of white and black charcoal.  It is late so enjoy and i got to go to bed.

Elk Sketch

More work with two tones of charcoal pencils.  This time I experimented with working on a Bull Elk with a full set of antlers. I sort of move into sets of things I feel like working on and I decided to work on these as a way to improve sketching and painting.