Watercolor pencils, which “melt” when water is applied, were used for this sketch. I love drawing people, and it makes me sad how many artists are afraid to include them, and instead create paintings which are depopulated. But faces are challenging — and you can see that most of these people are drawn from the back, and the cashier facing forward doesn’t have facial features.
The beautiful bouquet of tulips I bought this week begged to be painted. A wonderful harbinger of spring.
9″ x 12″ original available for $125. Prints also available.
It’s officially spring now, so it’s time for every painter to start practicing a variety of greens. If you look outside on a summer day, and the lawn, bushes and trees are all green, where do you start? Here are some of my green mixes — some from blue and yellow, some start with green and add yellow, a touch of red — plus a few fun figures.
“The Genius of Birds” by Jennifer Ackerman describes recent research showing how much more intelligent birds are than the negative connotation “bird brain” suggests. Crows are particularly smart, and can make and use basic tools.
Our son Andrew, his wife Eva and baby Maggie are moving in two weeks from New York to New Orleans, so this is my last chance to visit them in this vibrant city. While Eva is in New Orleans interviewing for teaching jobs, I came to help out. Here’s a sketch of a wonderful local coffee shop, and a photo of Maggie at 11 months.
We’re having some late snow here in New England, but now that daylight savings time has arrived spring can’t be far away.
This post honors Dick Bail, who has lived an astonishing life by following this principle.
Flickers are one of our biggest species of woodpeckers. They are beautiful with ornate plumage. My painting is inspired by a photo in the Audubon magazine.
I took this photo of the Cooper’s Hawk who showed up at our bird feeder yesterday, looking for lunch! Needless to say, its lunch flew away.
