December 22, 2006

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View from my office window at night. That's the glow of downtown LA over the hill.
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November 22, 2006

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We had a great time at the landscape sketching workshop last week in Eaton Canyon. Here are some sketches from that and previous trips to the canyon.
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November 18, 2006

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This bird flew down and all but posed for me while I was landscape sketching out in Hawaii. I like this one better than the landscape I had been working on.
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October 31, 2006

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More views out the office window. I did 50 or 60 of these over the course of a year.
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October 20, 2006

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View from my office window, different times, different days.
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October 05, 2006

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More reference for the drawing class. These are done with B and 3B Ritmo charcoal pencils and Carbothello white pencils on Strathmore charcoal paper.
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September 29, 2006

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Compressed charcoal and white nupastel on strathmore of Clark Allen. A reference for this weeks drawing class.
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Sci fi gouache quicksketch
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August 04, 2006

July 25, 2006


The previous charcoal and this watercolor sketch are of a sculpture at the Hunnington Gardens in San Marino Ca.


Thumbnail of Pasadena City Hall. I had just been excused from Jury service, so I sat out on the lawn with my sketchbook while security watched me suspiciously.


Thumbnail of the hills near Coalinga Ca (where I grew up).