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Getting Ready for Holy Week
Getting Ready for Holy Week My Wednesday sketching group met at Saint Paul’s Cathedral in San Diego this morning. It is a beautiful and busy complex with many tempting choices for interior and exterior scenes. And, with Easter in less … Continue reading
Posted in Interior, Telling a Story
Tagged Casein, Gouache, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, San Diego
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California Sunflowers
California Sunflowers I went over to a nearby park this afternoon, not expecting to see mounds of California sunflowers everywhere. I had some 6 X 12-inch paper with me which I had previously tinted with a rich blue-green casein. It … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged California Sunflowers, Casein, Gouache, Lake Murray Regional Park, Procreate, San Diego
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Two in One
I am back in San Diego after a trip to Texas for a family wedding. On the way out we drove and took our time. I was able to get quite a few paintings in, although I was not always … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Figure Sketching, Gouache, Padre Island, San Diego
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Something about Cooking Together
They stood so closely as they chopped onions, their body language stating that they clearly were a team and were clearly delighted to be with each other. There was something about this young couple cooking together that got my heart. … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Telling a Story
Tagged Body Language, Gouache, Pen and Ink, San Diego, Telluride
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Rained In
What do you call it when a group of plein air painters retreats to shelter due to rain? Rained out, rained in? Whatever it is, today we painted indoors. These two artists looked through the window and captured the spring … Continue reading
Eucalyptus Grove in the Rain
My cousin Ann Lewis, who is an amazing plein air painter, visited me this past weekend. The weather was stormy but with only three days to paint together, we could not let the wild weather stop us from going out … Continue reading
A Los Peñasquitos Morning
This small abstract of the landscape near Los Peñasquitos was done on white watercolor paper that I had prepared ahead of time with a stripe across the bottom of yellow ochre casein. When I was at Los Peñasquitos, I used … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged Casein, Gouache, Inktense Pencils, Los Peñasquitos, Plein Air, San Diego
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