Out by Mulholland

County Fair in watercolor!

This study will be featured as one of the filmed demos in my upcoming online landscape sketching class.

National Gallery Barcelona

This painting will be featured as a demo in my upcoming landscape painting class from Schoolism.com. It's also available for purchase at gallerynucleus.com

Dusk in Hasley Canyon

A Quick Landscape Abstraction

Smokey Bear Creek

Kit!

Here's the kit used for the previous post.
Painting so small isn't necessarily the "right" thing to do but it does help me work quickly and keep things simple.

Glenoaks

Into Death Valley

Fallen Tree

Priest Valley, Central Ca.

Local Hills

California Central Coast Hills

Forest Clearing

When you only have a few minutes to throw something down.

Watercolor Online Course Coming!

Working away on my landscape sketching online class for ‪‬Schoolism.com! Should come out this August.
These are my usual colors, they're from tubes of Winsor & Newton watercolors. Unmarked colors are simply repeats of frequently used colors.

Misty Day at Griffith Park

A Bit of Abstraction

Into Monument Nat'l Park

Cedar Creek Oregon

Central California Hills

Holiday Snow

Not much snow around for me to paint but here's a snowy riverbank in Sugar City Idaho from some years ago. Sketched in ink.

The 2 Freeway, North of LA

Into the Wasatch

Into the Woods

Still at it with the ink studies...

Landsketch in Ink

Doodlin'

How 'bout Some Drama?

Sunflowers!

Digital landscape sketch plus crop in detail

Trying to get those rich colors with photoshop.

Jungle!

A Bit of Abstraction...

Reflections in Ink

Angeles Pond in Ink

Dusk in Wine Country

Path

Sonoma Lake View

Chinquapin Tree

Hasley Hill

Jungle...

Weeping Willow

Digital Landscape Demo

Tree trunk

Gouache in the Wild!

James Gurney has come out with a great new outdoor painting tutorial. It takes the mystery and frustration out of the practical painting setup, and it builds a real enthusiasm to get out there and paint! check it out! 

Nice Light!

A watercolor quick-sketch. There was this great light coming through the clouds and I had to find a spot to pull off the road and paint!

Grand Canyon on the Fly

Grand Canyon quick-sketch with a closeup. The dry brush textures are the best way I know to suggest red rock, cool atmosphere and foliage in a few strokes.

Into the Woods

Quicksketch: Sunset Lake (10 min)

Jungle Tree