St. Joseph State Park, Florida beach watercolor
#morning #watercolor and #pencil of the superlative #gulf #beach at St. Joseph State Park in #florida
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Watercolor sketch of crabapple, western red cedar trees
2016 #Watercolor #sketch looking north at Evangel Presbyterian during #Presbytery break. #crabapple, #westernredcedar
Sketch menu from Jarochos in Armourdale
#watercolor #sketch of Chef Falcon’s seafood choices at @Jarochos in Armourdale, Kansas.
Large watercolor after Alonso Cano’s Bust Of St. Paul
I visited the Kunsthalle in Munich, to see the exhibition of Golden Age Spanish Art. I was struck by how many of the pieces were clearly intended to direct worship and elicit reverence. I made a larger work based on Cano’s sinuous Bust Of St. Paul
Abstracted figure observing light 1
A small watercolor study of an idealized man looking at early light through a partially open window.
Ellen Junger
A 40 minute watercolor and pencil sketch of retiring Hallmark officer Ellen Junger. 9×12″.
Four Figures, 3rd State
Whether I destroy this or save it, I don’t care. I’m finishing this tonight. Tired of it taking up space in my studio/head.
Temptation of St. Anthony composition watercolor
A compositional watercolor sketch for a planned larger watercolor on board, after the Nelson Atkins Museum’s Temptation of St. Anthony by Jan Wellens de Cock.The original is so dominated by architecture that it appears to be a theatrical set, and the painting–instead of a being a didactic aid to private devotion–is rather depicting the crisis of an actual morality play.
Red Crow Brewing Patio
A quick india ink and watercolor sketch of Bill Burns and Curt Mauk enjoying a beer on the patio of Red Crow Brewing, in Stillwell, KS.
Four Figures watercolor, state 2
This is the second state of a large watercolor I’m working, Four Figures. This is very large compared to the scale I’m used to working in, and it feels like I’m progressing at a glacial pace.
Four figures watercolor study
I was looking at and thinking of Witold Wojtkiewicz (1879-1909) and his painting, Christ and the Children, when I was painting this small study for a larger work I have planned, Four Figures.
Plein air watercolor of Fort DeSoto beach
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 […]
Garden house watercolor
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 […]
As Moses Lifted Up The Serpent
A sketchbook page in watercolor and pencil, 8×5″. After William Blake’s superb 1803 watercolor on the subject of John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Memorial Day sketchbook: Assyrian Sphinx “Memory” at Liberty Memorial
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 […]
Theoreo
The Greek theoreo (theh-o-reh’-o) is used throughout the New Testament. Apparently we get the word “theater” from it. It denotes the act of observing at a distance, watching.
Barbossa And His Apples
Remember that scene from Pirates Of The Caribbean, where Captain Barbossa leers strangely at the starving Elizabeth Swann as she eats an apple? “The apple is poisoned,” you think. “Or cursed! Barbossa’s trying to kill her!” But nothing about the look on Barbossa’s face suggests prurience or malice. Then it hits you. “He can’t taste food. He’s tasting the […]
The weight of glory
This is a small watercolor sketch from my journal, describing an image I had in my head regarding Lewis’s concept of the “weight of glory”. The pathetic man, riding on the back of his flesh, cannot escape the reality of God’s glory. Though I do regret the “superstar!” pose of the nondescript heavenly being, there is some […]