This is a watercolor sketch that started with watercolor dripped on a mat board by accident. I liked the light color tones and it appeared to me to look like a summer field, the only thing lacking from the composition was a bee and a butterfly chasing each other through the field. Inspiration comes from anywhere if you look at it hard enough.
1964 Was a Great Year For This Couple
Recent sketch for a couple who met in 1964. This pencil piece was captured from an old photo they shared with me. It needs the right mat and frame but I think it captures the moment only like a custom black and white pencil sketch can. I was able to work from a jpeg image that was sent to me to work with which I took some liberties with in producing the final piece shown here. The customization added touches make it truly unique. Fun piece to do.
This is 36" x46" acrylic painting that studies different textures and light reflections. I chose a soft pallet of colors to help highlight texture differences between skin, hair, grass, and evening light and to set an overall mood. Prints will be available soon of this painting.
The ending of the school year means another sketchbook finished. During the course of the year I capture ideas, thoughts, different techniques and just fun interesting stuff that catches my eye that day to be used in lesson starters when I teach. It's fun to keep a sketchbook because it kind of details the year. I have a lot them and it's always fun to begin a new one. The above is a sampling of pages from my advanced placement class sketchbook for 2022.
This was a landscape study I did for a class but I would like to use it for reference for a larger painting I would like to do. I think it needs to be horizontally stretched and the colors softened, looking for a very warm sunny day feeling, It's a start anyway hopefully finish it later this summer.
