I like this portrait of my husband. I captured his pensive look and quiet mood, perhaps because I was able to work live for the first 15 minutes or so. I drew the big shapes quickly with red pastel chalk and almost as quickly painted the flesh tones. After he got up, I worked for several hours more to develop the variations in his skin color and clothing.
I went to paint Marston House in Balboa Park with the Thursday Plein Air group and expected to paint a grand mansion. Instead, my attention was drawn to a group of toddlers and their parents making music in the park.
Early morning beach walks are a delightful part of a seaside vacation. This one is a gouache painting on a 9 x 12 Colourfix sheet of pastel paper.
This is another of the many sunset gouache paintings I made on my recent trip to San Pancho, Nayarit, Mexico.
Just past sunset, an orange color flooded the sky and lagoon in San Pancho.
We visited the market in San Pancho, where many beautiful blankets were for sale. My sister opened several of them and carefully examined each one with the shop owner’s help. I like this scene because the light coming through the canopy above us illuminated the vibrant colors of the blankets.
Another great thing about vacations is watching the morning arrive.
Deliberate Sketching 