Colorado: Daily Sketches!

05/28/09:

Watercolor, 9x12"

05/27/09:

Red Rocks Amphitheater, Morrison, CO.
Watercolor, 9x12"

05/22/09:

Graphite, 11x14"

11/07/08:
Portrait Studies:

Acrylic, 11x14"

Ship sketches:

Charcoal, approx. 18x24" total

10/23/08:
Here are some recent study paintings:
A seascape:


A landscape:


10/01/08:
Another visit to Peggy's ranch:


COLORADO 09/29/08:
I finally have time to do some much needed 'ketchup' and upload some recent sketches and color studies. The inspiration here is phenomenal, and I am doing my best to take it all in, and translate as much of that as possible to the paper/canvas.

Daily sketch of a face, I liked the the expression:


The first two visits to Peggy's ranch:


After visiting with my good friend and former climbing buddy Aaron, I did this sketch of Mt. Potosi, a beautiful mountain in the San Juans, one of my favorite and very picturesque:


About a year ago, I saw a couple of dolphins doing what appeared to be a game of hide and seek around the large outcropping of rock. I really liked the idea. So here are some more sketches exploring the concept:


Some figure study sketches, exploring the figure and various kinds of drapery and robes:


Exploring the clothed figure:


Other Figure Studies:


My friend Kathy practicing her guitar:


I was fascinated by the smoke patterns of a small candle. This started off a three-day-long exploration of smoke patterns:


Here is the initial block-in for a Work-in-Progress: a full length figure, approx. 18"x24"


Coming home from work one evening, I ran up to the railroad tracks to watch the sun set, and this scene struck me. Looking at the hazy distant mountains, the pale blue, orange and yellow of the sky, the middle-ground trees and hills in dark silhouette, with the glow of the street lights and the headlights and tail lights of the cars, it all came to me. "I know how I'll paint this." So I watched, absorbed the scene, and let it all sink in. I went home and did a quick (ha! I was up late...) color study:

This one might turn into a painting, or perhaps spark off a series. I have made it my new personal mission to find as many cool places for sunsets as possible, and then to take the time to watch the sun set.

A bird:


Dolphins:


This is where I will post daily sketches since I moved to Colorado.
For previous sketches, check out:
Daily Sketches/Studies