Some sample pieces from my residency at Utrecht near the corner of 13th and Eye Streets North West Washington DC on Franklin Square Park.
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Utrecht Residency
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Plein Air Street Corner in DC (DAY 2)
Step 5 (7:27am) Day 2: Starting with the filling in the sky ……. Step 5 (7:32am) Day 2: Continuing to fill the the sky, you can see the difference some fresh paint makes. Step 6 (8:05am) Day 2: Wow yellow! Why not some “yellow”? Experiments will help find the color of the road. I’m mixing [...]
Hiking the “C” Section
Here’s an opening that you won’t often find….a different stretch of popular Billy Goat Trail! You know the Billy Goat Trail the one that runs on the water along Mather Gorge to Great Falls overlook. Most folks know the Billy Goat “starts” about a quarter mile up river from the Angler’s Inn, Maryland and is [...]
Late Summer at Plumber’s Island
The whole root structure of this Sycamore is visual I found it fascinating how you can layer mate titanium white over the darkest thinnest coats. Image turning about 90 degrees from the Sycamore you would be looking up this calm and flat back channel running up to Plumber’s Island. Sunset on a rock outcropping just [...]
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Sunrise on the Potomac
Plein Air painting the misty sunrise on the Potomac in early October
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Slow Walk on the National Mall
This was drawing was scanned and you can see the difference in quality between this scan the cell phone image below. I sat and walked a football game and realized it had been some time since I had done gestures. Late summer early fall sunset over the US Capitol the weather was prefect. By sitting [...]
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Plein Air Painting an Alley on Capitol Hill
Today it was pouring but I set up an beach umbrella and was able to paint under that from the back of my truck.
Little Falls Rush!
One of the big rings that held the chains that supported the Old Chain Bridge. August 18th 2009
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February Part II
The following are few more pieces from the second half of February. Development of a pieces from the block-in stage to the completed tonal study. Sketchbook….get the simple values from the master drawings. Tonal drawing…get the big tones…that’s it! The big guy poses. Progress drawing the big guy. Draw your cubes well and you can [...]
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February Part I
The ten minute grisaille Control the amount of medium…. a few lines can capture the movement….it’s true! Development of a charcoal drawing from right to left. Torturous 3 plus hour review of class work! Relating the box to the figure!
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