Purple Hair Streak Butterfly

Today's fun was some painting and this Butterfly.  It is a Purple Hairstreak, done with ink brush and markers.

Butterfly - Silver Bordered Fritillary

This is an ink sketch with added marker colors.  This is a Silver Bordered Fritillary.

Colorado River near Moab, Utah

This is an oil Plein Air Painting I did on vacation near the Colorado River near Moab Utah.  If you get the chance stop by the Red Cliff Lodge.

Back after travel to the west

I have returned from a road trip out to North Dakota, Montana, Utah, Colorado, Nebraska, and Ohio. I did not do as much painting as I would have liked but I did get to take some great photos.  This is a Plein Air oil painting I did of a Cottonwood Tree on the Colorado River near Moab, Utah

Confederate Re-enactor sketch

Today's pencil sketch is on a Confederate Re-enactor.

Plein Air Virginia - Part 2

Part of the work yesterday in Virginia.  This is a small oil was done looking north from the Dahlgren Waterside Park, Virginia.

Virginia Cloud Study

I worked this cloud study in oil today in King George, Virginia.  I am working on doing more Plein Air painting to improve my observational skills.