Tag Archives: landscape
Sequoia in Dimond Park
There’s a sequoia tree in the park whose branches grow in a spiral, with a gap because it’s crowded next to a pine. When I can see into the branches like that, I wonder what it must be like to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged casein, color sketch, landscape, paintings, sketchbook, watercolor pencil
Leave a comment
Starts
It’s dawned on me that I’m painting a series on Dimond Park, just because I spend so much time there with Shadow. Here are some painting starts, where I begin translating the sketches into paintings by blocking in the big … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged casein, cityscape, color sketch, landscape, work in progress
Leave a comment
A Rainbow in the Shade
Letting go of copying scenes so literally.
Into Color
Lattice roof makes shade over columns of Scout Hut storage building in the park. It faces the creek and benches made of tree trunks, often a staging area for volunteer work crews and solo joggers.
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged casein, cityscape, color sketch, landscape, sketchbook, watercolor pencil
Leave a comment
Back to Basics
Going back to basics, little compositions. It’s like a game to look for big shapes. Working with water-soluble pencil in black. I didn’t used to like black and white pictures, but now it clears my head. Would I recognize this … Continue reading
Gap
Most of the wood has been removed from the old oak that fell after last year’s rains. A few logs remain, and the odd shape of the tree that grew next to the big oak, now no longer overshadowed by … Continue reading
Redwood Road
Late afternoon at Joaquin Miller Park, sitting on a low wall, facing downhill at Redwood Road.
Three Strokes
I was shown a warmup exercise called “Three strokes and you’re out.” The idea is to create a drawing using only three lines. One line means without lifting your pen off the paper. These were done at Middle Harbor Shoreline … Continue reading
Climb
Climbing up another hiking trail in Joaquin Miller Park.
