I finished the painting of a building at Olive Park in Burbank. I do not know the official name of it. I originally started this en plein air and completed it using my cloisonnist style with some impressionism in the background.Continue Reading
The Montrose Car Show today happened to be on the hottest day this month so far (100°F) so I was lucky to find a somewhat shady spot by the road to paint. I used my spray bottle often to keep the acrylic paint from drying. Two hours and the resultContinue Reading
I painted this on a 12″ square canvas en plein air in about an hour and a half. The sun was already behind a hill when I started and there was hardly any light left at all when I finished. Even though it was painted quickly and alla prima, IContinue Reading
It was a humid, overcast evening, great for painting. Even if I paint the same park over and over each time I use a slightly different technique.Continue Reading
I began this painting en plein air for the first layer and then later put in the dot layer. I think for the initial layers I will stick with warm or cool colors and then go with the opposite for the dots. This painting is a mixture and it isContinue Reading
This is a painting that may stand as a quick Study of it’s subject or I may work on it more to some sort of completion point. I did it in a hurry and thought I would share.Continue Reading
Painted at Gross Park in Burbank. Thank you to my daughter for telling me to be patient, it turned out good in the end!Continue Reading
Yesterday I decided to do a painting using my palette knives. I think I am not skilled enough will this style to get it down in one pass. This is a work in progress.Continue Reading
Today I was plein air painting Brace Canyon Park Burbank, California. I think it went well for an alla prima (all at once) painting.Continue Reading
Last week I painted this live (en plein air) while in downtown Burbank on San Fernando Blvd. It was a nice, sunny day before the weather really started to heat up, regardless my arms got sunburnt. It was good practice and nice to be outside painting again.Continue Reading