Trees and Time-Lapse

I worked on this little sketch today. It's on an Arches hot-pressed watercolor block. Paper is not my favorite to paint on, but it's always good to practice. Trees are a challenge for me, so I decided to give them a little time today.

I've also been messing around with my new iPhone. I've never owned one (crazy, I know). But I broke down and got one about a month ago and have been having a lot of fun taking photos, and planning out animated Instagram posts not to mention some stop-animation video of my Fisher Price Little People. My time-lapse of today's sketch is below . . . enjoy the funky jams. Ha!

Happy painting and I'm heading back to the drawing board!  

Weekend Progress

"Old-Fashioned Hydrangea" - wip

While working on a very large commission, I still managed to make a little progress on my hydrangea on aquabord and get a watercolor sketch/study done.  Hope you all had a good weekend.  Our Spring weather seems to finally be here in the Northeast.  

Have a good start to your week . . . thanks for popping by.

A Little Bit Of A Rut

sketchbook scenes

I'm feeling a little bit like I'm in a creative rut here, so I've opened up my sketchbooks again to hopefully get back into it and work on some things. At the very least, it's been very relaxing.  :)

How do you handle blocks?

Quick Raspberries

I worked on this quick little raspberry sketch along with another one today.  I still have to go back in and tone down the shadows with a little burnt sienna.  I'm also finishing up a commission in acrylic.  

Happy painting!  Thanks for stopping in.

Another Sketch

"Pitcher With Grapes"
9" x 7"
(watercolor on paper)

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I've decided to post and auction off another "sketch."  I'm trying to find a happy medium between the looser washes and fine detail work, as I love them both.  I'm also working on values and temperatures.  My hope is that these "quicker" sketches will help me become a better painter.

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