This is little sketch from my Tuesday night sketch group.
Something about the companionship of a dog and a person walking together catches my attention when I am out painting. This is especially true late in the southern California dry season with its sunbaked landscape. I like how the figures, movement, and setting suggest something about choices, relationships, and possibilities.
I found this overlooked painting in my sketchbook. I like the composition with the repetition of stripes and ovals.
This is the third of a series that I seem to be working on. We just entered the last month of our dry season here in San Diego, and these sketches feature our straw-colored hills.
It was hot, but the young man and his dogs did not seem to notice. They walked briskly past me, whereas I was sheltering under a big shade tree at our local reservoir, Lake Murray.
It is still hot in San Diego, and the spring green grasses on our canyons have long turned to dried-out straw. The yellow against the deep green of the trees are a lovely combination.
I was at Lake Muray and saw two people relaxing in the shade. I liked how they were silhouetted by the bright sunlight on the bare ground behind them.
This morning I painted in my friend’s garden. It is so nice to have mature trees that provide abundant shade this time of year when it is still warm.
Deliberate Sketching 