Posted in Pen and Ink, People, Puerto Vallarta, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 28, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Ink & Watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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On our trip into town this friendly gentleman (reproduced here twice from two different photos) was standing in the hot sun selling hot corn. He gave me a big smile and held up his sign…not exactly a candid, natural photo, but [...]
Posted in Flower art, Moleskine, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 26, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Watercolor in large Moleskine watercolor notebook
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After a day spent doing art business (finishing framing for the show I’m hanging Thursday evening, writing up the descriptions of the four flower paintings to be published in a book on flower painting, and sorting photos to make room on my hard drive) [...]
Posted in Art theory, Drawing, Moleskine, Other artists, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages, Subway drawings on February 24, 2007 | 12 Comments »
BART Rider - Ink in small Moleskine sketchbook
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Peets Coffee water display - Ink in small Moleskine sketchbook
Woman in the SFMOMA Cafe (loved her thick grey hair in a huge clasp)
Ink in small Moleskine sketchbook
Just before the earthquake Friday: BART Rider with Orchid just before the trains [...]
Posted in Animals, Cats, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 22, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Ink & Watercolor in 6×9 Aquabee sketchbook
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Today after lunch I walked halfway around the lake beside my office with my boss and a work buddy. We were surprised to see a grey cat sound asleep in what looked like a cozy nest in a small tree alongside the lake. [...]
Posted in Sketchbook Pages, Still Life, Watercolor on February 21, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Ink & watercolor in small Moleskine watercolor notebook
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This morning I found out that four of my flower paintings have been selected for a book on painting flowers that will be published later this year. The rest of the day was good too. It’s supposed to rain tonight. And that’s [...]
Posted in Drawing, Dreams, Life in general, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages on February 20, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Espresso pen, Handbook Journal
A woman from Scotland wrote to me and said she’d come upon my blog my accident and that I’d inspired her to start adding drawings to her daily journal. Her email inspired me to start a new sketchbook project that I’ve really been enjoying. Each morning before I get out of [...]
Posted in Flower art, Oil Painting on February 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Oil on canvas board, 12×16
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My next door neighbor was about to toss this bouquet of roses on Friday because they were at that funky, fully-bloomed, starting to get a little stinky stage, but I swooped in before they could go in the recycling bin and rescued them to paint. [...]
Posted in Art theory, Moleskine, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Puerto Vallarta, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 18, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Control Tower at the Puerto Vallarta airport. A couple of guys in t-shirts in the open air tower were moving from side to side, looking around and then looking down at their computers (I assume).
The view from the waiting area of the runways surounded by grass, bushes, the mountains in the distance and some [...]
Posted in Moleskine, Pen and Ink, Plein Air, Puerto Vallarta, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 16, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Watercolor in Canson 7×10 watercolor book
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Ink and watercolor in small Moleskine watercolor notebook
I struggled with painting this fountain that was outside our classroom. There was no direct light because it was in a roofed courtyard and there was a bright fuschia pink wall behind it and [...]
Posted in Art theory, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Plein Air, Puerto Vallarta, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 15, 2007 | 17 Comments »
Ink drawing with watercolor in Canson 7×10 watercolor sketchbook
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I left the workshop to go sketch outside behind the classroom, sitting on a little brick wall along a road with trucks and taxis constantly parading past. This dry fountain was going to be torn down soon as it’s in [...]
Posted in Art theory, Other artists, Pen and Ink, People, Sketchbook Pages, Watercolor on February 12, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Ink and watercolor in Canson 7×10 Watercolor Sketchbook
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I liked the Canson paper, it’s strong and very forgiving and heavily surface-sized — better than the Moleskine notebook — but not too thrilled with the colors I used in the sketch above in trying to use at least something the [...]
Posted in Life in general, Moleskine, Outdoors/Landscape, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook Pages on February 11, 2007 | 18 Comments »
Ink & watercolor in small Moleskine watercolor notebook
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I’m back from Puerto Vallarta and trying to return to regular life. I did these little sketches at the pool and on the beach in the afternoons after the workshop. The reason for the title of this post is that while [...]
Posted in Life in general, Plein Air, Watercolor on February 2, 2007 | 13 Comments »
I’m off to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for a week of painting, swimming, reading and siestas. I’ll be joining Judy Morris for her watercolor workshops from 9-2 in our courtyard patio “studio” and on plein air painting trips around the area. The trip is sponsored by Flying Colors Art Workshops.
The picture above is my new [...]
A peek inside the sketchbook, studio, and world of San Francisco Bay Area artist and watercolor teacher Jana Bouc.
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