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- Saturday Morning at Miramar Reservoir March 15, 2026
- Game Point! March 7, 2026
- Birders at Santee Lakes March 5, 2026
- A California Driveway February 25, 2026
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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.
San Pancho Sunset
The San Pancho sunset last night was particularly impressive with its orange sky and relatively calm sea.
Looking the Other Way
While watching a sunset, my attention is usually fixed on the setting sun. Last night, I turned and looked the other way, and saw the village of San Pancho bathed in a golden light.
Deliberate Sketching 