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Category Archives: Landscape
Near Buckeye Arizona
In the series of travel sketches I just completed, I somehow skipped over Arizona, my home state. I want to fill this gap by posting this sketch that I made as we drove past the irrigated fields near Buckeye yesterday. … Continue reading
Home Is Just Over the Laguna Mountains
After a month on the road the sight of the Laguna Mountains in the distance made me so happy. As you drive west from El Centro the mountains first come into view as a faint blue smudge and within 30 minutes … Continue reading
New Mexican Hills
Yesterday evening at dusk we were driving across southern New Mexico. It was an arid area and the setting sun enhanced the yellows of the grasses. I liked the layers that the stretches of grass, trees and sky made and … Continue reading
Texan Trees
I drew as we drove from Austin to New Mexico today across a mesmerizing landscape. The trees, I think live oak trees, were thick near Austin, but the further we drove the more sparse they became. They were somewhat backlit … Continue reading
Hillside near Austin
Hillside Near Austin I sketched with pastel pencil as we drove along today, trying to get the basic feel of the landscape as it flew past us.
An Old Pine Tree
An Old Pine Tree I sketched this at the same cemetery that we stopped by yesterday afternoon. I stood on the hillside below this huge old partially dead pine tree and drew a portion of it in a very small … Continue reading
New England Cemetery
Driving back from Prince Edward Island, we stopped to stretch our legs and sketch a bit in Amesbury, Massachusetts. We were hoping for a park but found a cemetery instead. This is a pastel and gouache sketch on black paper. … Continue reading
Deliberate Sketching 