Plein Air Painting Winter 2024
2024-02-23
This post will explore the places I’ve been painting this season.Continue Reading
Plein Air Painting – Bright Under-paintings
2023-09-08
The more I paint, the more my style evolves. Currently, I have eschewed the dark black outlines cutting between areas of color. I use a bright under-painting and allow it to shine through by using minimal brushstrokes. I am still refining the technique. These are the results of two recentContinue Reading
Mixed Media Scenes
2023-01-20
The painting below was mostly completed en plein air at the Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale, California. This angle is looking north to the mountains. I painted it in acrylic paint, afterwards I added paint from watercolor crayons to increase the saturation. This painting was done at the Amelia EarhartContinue Reading
Park With Small Bridges
2023-01-04
The painting below is of a park in Glendale, California that has many small bridges built across a dry riverbed from the mountains. This park is a favorite for professional photographers. I imagine with all the rain we had lately, those rivers may be full! I painted this in NovemberContinue Reading
Cottage Views in Watercolor
2022-11-29
Watercolor is a popular medium because of its portability. All one needs is water, a brush, a notepad, and a small case with paints. I found a kit that includes a watercolor pen that can be filled with water, this saves having a cup and a bottle. After a fewContinue Reading
Plein Air at Los Angeles State Historical Park
2022-11-19
Los Angeles State Historic Park – Los Angeles CA – October 2022 It was a dark, cloudy day with mild temperatures when I spent the day painting these. I am always refining my style. These brush strokes are more loose and quick but also conveys the movement and color contrastContinue Reading
Late Summer Mountains
2022-09-24
This is a quick painting I did in late September 2022 of the mountains of the Angeles National Forest.Continue Reading
Fully Evolved Lake Painting
2022-07-26
This is the final mutation of my painting of the lake at Ernest E Debs regional park in Los Angeles. The first layer of the painting was in an impressionist style, with realistic colors but not a lot of detail. Next the black outline was more defined and colors wereContinue Reading
View from Burton Chace Park in Marina Del Rey
2022-07-17
Yesterday, July 16, 2022, was a scorching hot day inland so I decided to do a plein air painting by the ocean. Burton Chace Park in Marina Del Rey offers many views of boats and people at the marina. I like painting seaside scenes because even if I do aContinue Reading
Painting the L.A. River
2022-07-03
Today my painting group and I met at the L.A. river in Atwater, California. It was a great idea to start early in the morning to paint on this summer day. It was foggy early but it began to burn off as time went on so the light was changingContinue Reading