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- Tropical Nights March 29, 2026
- A Building and a Bird March 18, 2026
- Saturday Morning at Miramar Reservoir March 15, 2026
- Game Point! March 7, 2026
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Tropical Nights
There is something magical about palm trees and a night sky.
A Building and a Bird
The artist who set up for our weekly Tuesday night art group had several photos of apartment buildings with laundry. I liked how cheerfully individualized each apartment seemed in the photo reference I used, and I tried to convey that … Continue reading
Saturday Morning at Miramar Reservoir
Yesterday, a wonderful local artist, Jami Wright, gave a demonstration at our San Diego Watercolor Society’s monthly paintout. She showed us how to use a variety of tools, sponges, scrapers, brushers, and materials, salt, mediums, splatter, and sprays, to increase … Continue reading
Posted in Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, California, Gouache, Landscape, Plein Air, San Diego
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Game Point!
I sketched the two figures at the Wednesday figure drawing session, and then later added the background. I did these during the warm-up and had several two- minute gouache sketches of the same model on the same dark surface. These … Continue reading
Birders at Santee Lakes
I stood with plein air painters on one side of the lake, while a group of birders meandered along the other side. It was good that I began the painting with the birder in white and the strong reflections in … Continue reading
A California Driveway
A friend who has a lifelong love of Volkswagen vehicles had a few of us over to paint. She parked several out on the driveway, and we had a fun few hours painting on a perfect Southern California spring day.
Posted in Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, California, Gouache, San Diego
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Cormorants and Yoga
There is so much to see when you go birding along the San Pancho Beach.
Deliberate Sketching 