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
I painted these at the park, using a high saturation base and black outlines. I was short on time and needed to to lay in the complementary top layer of color. They say that necessity is the mother of invention. The top layers were added in with expressive and quickContinue Reading
Here is a painting I did with my painting group at the Brand Library and park in Glendale, California. The light was bright and the shadows off the library were different shades depending on reflected light. I loved that the Hong Kong orchid tree was in bloom with its giantContinue Reading
This is a quick painting I did in late September 2022 of the mountains of the Angeles National Forest.Continue Reading
Last weekend I painted en plein air at Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles. It was very busy with locals and tourists seeing the sights and vendors. I painted the alley and some of the historical buildings nearby.Continue Reading
Saturday August 13, 2022 9:00am: Our painting and sketching group met in downtown Los Angeles at the Central Market. Our mission was to paint and sketch the Central Market, Angels Flight, and the Bradbury Building. Luckily, all three of these iconic Los Angeles landmarks are in the same area. IContinue Reading
Last weekend Aug 1st I was at the Sunday farmers’ market in Montrose. I like to paint en plein air the colors and the overlapping shapes of events such as that. Passerbys we’re curious and supportive, one lady said I was a painter and should not quit the profession. PreventingContinue Reading
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
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
Painting with a group today at Ernest E Debs regional park with the wildlife. Some of them:Turtles, bass,bluegill, Juncos, blue heron, squirrel. It’s a hidden oasis in the middle of LA.Continue Reading