Green Boat

Green Boat

I took artistic license and combined some scenes to do this piece.  It's acrylic underlay with water-base oil over.

As with all my posts, you can click on the image to enlarge

It's always an adventure...

Sun Through the Vines

Sun Through the Vines

Another view through the vines using sunlight.  I painted this from a combination of views and memories of observations.  I used a mix of acrylic underlay and water-base oil over.  Acrylic paint's quick drying properties force you to mix small quantities and work extremely fast.  Tough if you need a particular color dynamic mix from 2 or 3 paint tubes.  A 'happy accident' is usually just around the corner.

It's always an adventure.

Seattle Central Library

Alone Together

Second outing with the Seattle Urban Sketcher's League.  I chose to sketch two folks, both equally immersed yet worlds apart technologically.

A small group of artists meets a few times a month, meets at a location, disperses for an hour or so, and comes back together to critique each other's work.  

When sketching scenes at the SCL, one cannot avoid the diamonds.  

It's always an adventure...

Lunch on the Deck

Lunch on the Deck

This started out as a light/dark study of chairs in the bright sunlight.  It's from a photograph I took.  I liked the random spacing of objects and the shadows.  Last minute I added companions starting a lunch in the sun.

My goal was to do all with just a palette knife, but used a liner brush for some shadow and chair detail.

It's always an adventure...