Monday, October 31, 2016

Back to the basics

Charcoal is one of the oldest drawing mediums.
Charcoal is also one of my favorite drawing tools, especially in large scale work.  One of my old time favorites is "After 5".  I had fun creating it and often refer back to it as an example of what charcoal could do for me.  It is great fun spending a few hours working with charcoal whenever time allows.

Saturday, October 29, 2016

Fun in the morning

Quick exercise in pastel


Friday, October 28, 2016

Apple Apple

       
Charcoal quick sketch under 10 strokes              " Honeycrisp"  Oil Pastel

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Creativity

“Creativity is contagious, pass it on” 
Albert Einstein

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Perfection

"Have no fear of perfection, you will never reach it"
Salvador Dali

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Pillow Talk

Mixed Media

Monday, October 24, 2016

A new day




Sunday, October 16, 2016

Composition

"Composition is the art of arranging in a decorative manner the various elements which the painter uses to express his sentiments. In a picture every separate part will be visible and... everything which has no utility in the picture is for that reason harmful."
Henri Matisse

Thursday, October 13, 2016

Doodling...

Started this morning with a lot of doodling..... hoping it will lead to something more interesting.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Fun... Fun... Fun

Picked up an old unfinished painting and started working on it.  Seems like it is going a different direction this time, will have to step back and look at it for a while... maybe a new idea will crop up...

Monday, October 10, 2016

A Perfect Morning

As Willie Nelson sings: - "Blue skies smiling at me... Nothing but blue skies do I see...."  
I do not mind long rides, especially when someone else is doing the driving.  This was from an early morning ride, no clouds in sight, clear bright blue for miles.

Sunday, October 09, 2016

Degas on painting

"Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things."       Edgar Degas

Saturday, October 08, 2016

Legs


Mixed Media

Friday, October 07, 2016

Passages

Colored Pencil in progress

Wednesday, October 05, 2016

Collage - "The Fans"

Mixed Media Collage

Tuesday, October 04, 2016

"On The Road Again" update

Woodless Colored Pencil on paper

Second Run


Monotype without a press

Monday, October 03, 2016

Red Field


Acrylic on paper