Boy, ocean, wave, rock arch, mountains way back there. I want to paint the rock arcing at Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz. I did this sketch today and will work off of it to do a painting of the scene. It was fun to do this sketch and take the boy from lookingContinue reading “Sketch”
Category Archives: Landscape
Mendocino CA-work in progress
Here’s a small painting I started yesterday. 12×12.” When I started it I thought it would be pretty easy but so far it hasn’t been. Maybe because it’s such a simple composition that the color and strokes and everything needs to stand alone. I’ll keep at it. The figure came together easily, I still needContinue reading “Mendocino CA-work in progress”
Ruby and Atti progress
WIP Ruby and Atticus on the beach
I got a great start on painting Ruby and Atticus playing on the beach in Santa Cruz. I wasn’t sure about it when I started, but I really love it. Sorry cousin Heidi, you might have to paint your own! These are my cousins kids and she took this photograph on my orders sinceContinue reading “WIP Ruby and Atticus on the beach”
I got a running start on this painting today. It’s 12×24″. I homeschool my daughter half time so I usually only have about 2 or 3 hours a day to paint, and other things often fill that time. But today miss lady Eowyn went on an all day field trip so I had a niceContinue reading
Beach
Yesterday I worked more on the couple sitting on a log. I worked out and cooled off the skin on both of them to separate them from the main figure which is the lanky preteen walking across the beach. You can see that I plugged in the little girl in the distance. I also workedContinue reading “Beach”
Dude on the beach
I worked on the couple sitting on a log. I like the way they are painted loosely, sometimes I get hung up on details and everything gets really tight. I have no interest in photo realism (for me to paint that is, I appreciate other people’s work) and I have been thinking of ways toContinue reading “Dude on the beach”
Girl on the Beach
Next paintings started. This is another painting from my trip to Natural Bridges beach in Santa Cruz. So many wonderful things there to paint. This one is of people just doing their thing on the beach. The walking girl is mostly done except for her face and some adjustments here and there. I love theContinue reading “Girl on the Beach”
Natural Bridges Beach, Santa Cruz
I’m nearly done and feel like sharing. I like the way it’s coming along, the painting was experimental because I’ve never done a painting with so many figures within a landscape. What I learned from this one is that I want to paint a beach scene with about 50 figures. I want all the peopleContinue reading “Natural Bridges Beach, Santa Cruz”
More light
More light through the wave and on the girls. Still a little more to do.