This month’s Blind Contour First Friday theme is “something we’d do on a day off.” The theme was chosen by Niff and Sutter in honor of Labor Day, which is only celebrated in the US, as far as I know. I can’t think of anything I’d rather do with a day off than to draw […]

This is my entry for the Botanical Art month long “fungus” challenge. I’m sorry to say that here in desert dry Southern California we have a hard time keeping mushrooms fresh in our fridges let alone finding any growing wild … so this painting is from a photo I took of one harvested in January […]

Today’s plein air painting by the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center turned out OK in the end, I think, but it was a rocky road getting there. Somehow, in spite of my best intentions to make sure I packed everything, I left home without my cylinder of brushes and had nothing but a Niji waterbrush to […]

It’s not a new painting, but it’s something to keep the spot warm (or cool, as the case may be) while I’m out near the Rose Bowl with the paint out gang.
This was painted last year for the Illustration Friday theme of Jazz.
Anyway, today, Tuesday, is the birthday of Charlie Parker AKA Bird […]

This streetlight is one of the oldies on the many bridges that span the LA River. For some inexplicable reason, even though the sun was still out, the light had come on. Perhaps it was on a timer set for 6 pm, summer or winter. At any rate. I loved the contrast of the […]

I painted this interpretation of stargazers as a birthday card for a dear friend who I’ve known for more years than either one of us want to confess!
Watercolor and colored pencil on 140 #paper

What? A watercolor journal page? What happened to the paintings?
This is an “oldie” from about a month ago. I was out interviewing people for a video about hospice today, which was very emotional and moving. So I didn’t get any drawing or painting accomplished. But hey, it’s only 9:30 Pacific time, the night’s […]

This morning’s plein air outing was at Glendale’s Brand Park. We went into the teahouse area, which sadly didn’t open until 10 when the sun was already very high. I have a preference for early morning and late afternoon lighting - it’s so much more dramatic and interesting. At any rate, I tried to make […]

I added a new feature to this blog which now allows comment tracking through a plugin called CoComment. This will make it easier for you to follow a conversation and get an answer to your question without having to remember to check back. I try to also answer questions also in email, but sometimes I […]