Cherry Blossom Buds - Block-in

This is a study of Cherry Blossom Buds in Oil.  Sometimes a painting comes together easily and sometimes it fights you, probably because you are thinking to much.  Anyway this is a very rough start and it is going to need a lot of massaging to get the roundness of the twig and the Buds to be convincing.  It ain't even close yet.

Cherry Blossom Close-Up Study

Today is the Sister-in-Law's Birthday.  She likes my Cherry Blossom stuff so her card is a study of a close-up of the Cherry Blossoms which are a month or two away from reappearing here in DC.  I did this with watercolor pencils.  It is first shot at something I want to paint but I am not sure how I want to approach it.  So Happy Birthday Michelle!

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.