Rooster on the Road

9 x 12"
Oil on Canvas
Rooster

This Rooster painting is hitting the road and heading down to the Off Track Gallery in Encinitas.

It just feels right for this cheery rooster to be hanging out during this hot summer we are having here in Southern California!

Enjoy!

A Weekend Well Spent

Thank you to all of you that stopped by the San Dieguito Art & Garden Mother's Day Tour this weekend and said hello.   We had a wonderful time and several paintings found new homes.

My Corner of Paradise Mother's Day Weekend
San Dieguito Art Guild Mothers Day Art & Garden Tour

Batiquitos Eastward
9 x 12
Oil on Canvas

Batiquitos Eastward is heading back down to Off Track Gallery in Encinitas.   I usually paint looking toward the west when on this trail but on this cloudy day I turned and looked east towards La Costa.   Enjoy!

Painting Class

Red Silk
16 x 20
Oil on Canvas

Painting drapery is an important lesson in class.   The trick I learned is keeping the darkest dark against the lightest lights to create your folds.

Sometimes it is harder than it sounds!

These three paintings were all about fabric, folds, darks and lights.

It was a lot of fun!

Blue Silk
16 x 20 
Oil on Canvas

White Silk
16 x 20 
Oil on Canvas

Pomegranate at Carole's

Pomegranate
9 x 12
Oil on Canvas

I attended a workshop given by local artist Carole Mayne last month.  We started by photographing a colorful still life.   We edited the photo into a black and white image  -which we used to create a thumbnail value sketch using black paper, a white pencil and a black sharpie pen.   It really cemented the values of the painting well in advance of picking up a brush.   "If the values are correct the color doesn't matter"!   So true!   I hope you enjoy the painting and seeing the photos we used.  

Painting at Cardiff State Beach ... aka Suckouts

I went painting on the beach in Cardiff two times this August.   While I was standing in the exact same spot the color is quite different.   Day One we were there in the morning and Day Two in the afternoon.   This is a nice place to paint if you are looking north since there is a picnic table conveniently located at the end of the cul-de-sac to hold supplies!   Quite a treat when outdoors.  I hope to paint there again before the month is over.   Stay tuned!

Cardiff Reef Day One
9 x 12
Oil on Panel

Cardiff Reef Day Two
9 x 12
Oil on Canvas

Workshop with Toni Williams

In June I took a 2 day workshop with Toni Williams.   She was a marvelous teacher as well as a kind & generous person.   I learned a lot.   These were the two results of the week!   If you get a chance she is definently an instructor not to miss!

Lake Hodges
8 x 10
Oil on Panel

Lazy Afternoon
9 x 12
Oil on Panel

Lillies at the Gardens
11 x 14
Oil on Canvas Panel

Swami's South
11 x 14
Oil on Canvas Panel

I will be taking these two Plein Air paintings to Encinitas City Hall today where they will hang until July 16 in a exhibit.  

It is still a challenge for me to paint outdoors - and these are both a little larger than I normally use when on site - so they both took two outings to complete.

If you get a chance to come down to see the exhibit let me know what you think!