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Several More from Santee Lakes
In the past week, I painted several times at Santee Lakes as I got ready to give a demo sponsored by the San Diego Watercolor Society that took place last Saturday. I posted my first two practice pieces on this … Continue reading
Posted in Figures, Landscape, Plein Air
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Black Watercolor Paper, California, Figures, Gouache, Landscape, Plein Air, Santee Lakes
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Yoga Poses for People and Trees
Kate Sessions Park overlooks the bay and turns out to be a wonderful setting for both painting and yoga. I went to the park to paint a landscape but got distracted by a group of yoga enthusiasts. They were limber … Continue reading
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Tagged California, Gouache, Kate Sessions Park, Plein Air, San Diego, Yoga
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A Frisbee Morning
We went over to Kate Sessions Park with the Thursday Plein Air painters. The park is very green, full of foliage, and overlooks Mission Bay and the distant downtown. Even on foggy mornings like this one, I usually get lost … Continue reading
Posted in Plein Air
Tagged California, Frisbee, Gouache, Kate Sessions Park, Mission Bay, Plein Air, San Diego
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Chicken Ranch Beach
The fog lifted so we stopped at Chicken Ranch Beach in Inverness for one last painting, with lighting more typical of San Diego than of Point Reyes National Seashore. My cousin, fine artist Ann Lewis (https://www.thedoorartgallery.com/artists/ann-lewis), walked down closer to … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Plein Air
Tagged California, Chicken Ranch Beach, Gouache, Inverness, Plein Air, Point Reyes National Seashore
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Misty Morning at Limantour Estuary
The sky was dripping at Limantour Estuary, not raining, but so heavy with mist that it left its marks as I painted the sky and parts of the lagoon. I liked the effect and later tried to add more with … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Plein Air
Tagged California, Gouache, Limantour Estuary, Plein Air, Point Reyes National Seashore
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Walk along Tomales Bay
Here is another sketch of Tomales Bay. I saw a young woman walking along the shore, and there was something about her body language that showed how she loved the Bay. I wanted to capture that feeling in this sketch.
Breakfast at the Sandbar
We got to Tomales Bay early this morning, and the early light had just begun to illuminate the sky, hills, and water. It was low tide, and the mud flats were full of birds feasting on its offerings.
Deliberate Sketching 