Plein air watercolor of the Santa Fe sky
Two sketchbook spreads, watercolor studies of the sky looking west from Santa Fe International Hostel over a 24 hour period in late July at 11am and at 7pm.
Michael Art landscape, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
Two sketchbook spreads, watercolor studies of the sky looking west from Santa Fe International Hostel over a 24 hour period in late July at 11am and at 7pm.
Michael Art landscape, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
An early morning plein air watercolor made on the northern slope of Canyon Road in Madras, Oregon. Inset sketch of pottery and baskets from the nearby Museum at Warm Springs.
Michael Art figurative, pencil, plein air, portrait, sketchbook 0
Old pencil sketch from 1995, City Union Mission. An african-american mother, her daughter and son. #sketchbook #lifedrawing #flesh #portrait #portraits #pencil #imagodei #fromlife #africanamerican
Michael Art Moleskine, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
As I improve as a plein air painter, I one of the things I have begun to better “see” is color, like the late afternoon sun casting royal blue shadows in the white sand of the beach of Fort DeSoto Park, a county park just south of Tampa. Prettier than most state parks we’ve camped in, Fort DeSoto offers beautiful, palm-treed campsites […]
Michael Art landscape, Moleskine, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
Pencil, watercolor wash. 8 x 10″, 1.5 hours. Today was a cool, overcast day. I did this using a well-loved Rosemary Kolinsky instead of my slightly-more-convenient watercolor pen. Having to recharge in a water glass with a much larger brush forced me to think about the application of water and so, think about the marks themselves. The result was a slower, sparser, better […]
Michael Art Moleskine, plein air, portrait, sketchbook, watercolor 0
Watercolor and pencil, 45minutes. Callao, Missouri
Michael Art Moleskine, plein air, sketchbook, watercolor 0
This Memorial Day, our family again visited a gem of Kansas City: Liberty Memorial, the national World War I museum and memorial. It was a beautiful day with speeches and a band and color guards, lots of vets and active duty service members, and reenactment soldiers and nurses in historical dress. During it all, I […]