December 19, 2008

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If you've ever made the drive from LA to Vegas you've seen this cement factory on the way.
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December 11, 2008

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More sketches from around the neighborhood.
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December 01, 2008

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More from the hills of North central California outside the town of Coalinga.
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November 19, 2008

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I've sometimes heard complaints about the dusty landscape of Coalinga (central California) where I grew up but I don't share those sentiments.
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November 06, 2008

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Angeles National Forest Northeast of Los Angeles.
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October 22, 2008

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Though I usually use a craft paper sketch book to paint in, I also enjoy carrying around a small moleskine, it's just so handy! So, some years ago I decided to put together a pocket size watercolor kit for the moleskine. This is what I came up with.

The case is a samsonite camera case and the drawings are in black prismacolor pencils.

October 16, 2008

October 03, 2008

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Late afternoon in Zion National park, Utah.
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September 25, 2008

September 18, 2008

September 11, 2008

September 04, 2008

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I have more sketches of the Grand Canyon I'll post later, but for this week, let's jump over to Bryce Canyon.
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August 28, 2008

August 21, 2008

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I spent my summer vacation touring the national parks of Arizona and Utah. We'll start with the Grand Canyon. These were painted in a heavyweight black paper scrapbook. The dark paper seemed to suit the subject as there was so much light bouncing around in the shadows. I "borrowed" the black paper idea from one of my former students Chris Sears.

August 14, 2008

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These are my demo sketches from our landscape sketching class trip to Eaton Canyon in Pasadena. Good times.

And for those of you who have been asking for higher res images, the middle one is for you.
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August 08, 2008

August 04, 2008

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Late afternoon outside Coalinga in central California.
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July 24, 2008

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This will be the final Death Valley post for awhile; we'll move on to a new subject next week. If the sketches here feel a little different than the previous posts, it's because they were done many years earlier. These were done in acrylic on a Prince of Egypt art department trip in 1997. We didn't get to go to Egypt but did spend a week in Death Valley studying the desert landscape. The top one predates a sandstorm by about 10 minutes, the textures you see on it were created when it blew over into the sand. Great trip.
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July 11, 2008

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Continuing the Death Valley posts. These and the previous are from a trip there during Christmas break a few years back.
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July 02, 2008

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Again in Death Valley. This is the opposite view of the previous post.
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June 26, 2008

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Death Valley. Looking out from the mouth of Mosaic Canyon.
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June 12, 2008

June 06, 2008

May 29, 2008

May 16, 2008

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Northern California pond. You have to paint quick when it's getting dark.
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