I finally got a chance to take a picture of this in some good light. I painted this en plein air while selling art at the Harvest Festival in Toluca Lake a few weeks ago. It is a hybrid of my technique with black outlines and dots except the linesContinue Reading
Thank you all for visiting me and all of the other artists at the Harvest Festival today in Toluca Lake on Riverside Drive! It was fun, although it was unseasonably hot! If you missed us, we will be back 12/4/2021 in the same place selling our wares! Below is aContinue Reading
Harvest Festival Pop-up Art SaleContinue Reading
This is a work in progress that I started en plein air with a pallette knife. I think I am going to add a “dot” layer on top.Continue Reading
Tonight! One-time only event! A Pop-Up Art Sale during the Magnolia Park Night Out event in Burbank, California. Local artists (including me!!) will be selling our wares in the UMe Credit union parking lot @ 3000 W Magnolia Blvd and Fairview from 6-9pm. Come and get your favorite art pieceContinue Reading
I did some final touch-ups to the painting I started of the grassy patch at the Deukmajian Wilderness Center. To push it to the back more, I added a blue glaze to the distant mountain. I also cleaned up the black lines to separate the shapes. Finally, the color ofContinue Reading
I used some reference photos to finish this painting. I’m not an expert on cars and in the end I realized I had changed the model of the main car. The trim and the brake lights are different from my location photo. Darn.Continue Reading
The bones of this painting I did en plein air at Lake Balboa in Encino, California. I painted with a new plein air group and we had some ‘incidents’ from the pigeons in the trees. I always carry heavy duty towels and pink brush cleaner for times like those. IContinue 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