Above two watercolor/gouache studies of Saint Luke's Hospital seen from Morningside Park NYC. In color studies like these the goal is to set down the highlight and mid-chromas and not worry about detail or the dark tones that will appear in the finished work. In the left sketch you can see the red-tailed hawk and eastern kingbird that were flying about repeatedly. While sketching these in early May I was surrounded by warblers and other neo-tropicals in migration.
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While visiting relatives a few miles south of Seattle, I found time to make some quick color sketches. Above left and right two views of Mnt. Ranier during a 40 minute period during sunset, January 2011. Below left a view of Ranier with valley fog and blackberry patch in foreground. Below right, later that day the mountain with some blue sky, shedding vapor clouds as the winds cross. All the sketches are water color and gouache.
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Above left, view of the Atlantic from Rio del Mar Puerto Rico. Above right, the same view from the horizon down. The color of the ocean changed as a result of increased cloud cover. Below left another rendering from the same view point. Below right, a view of Honeymoon Beach, St. Johns USVI .
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Above left, view of Piazza di Popolo from the twin churches with Janet enjoying gelato, 2008. On site the foundational position and gestures for the drawing are captured. Later with time, the texture, shading, and portrait can be refined. Right, I'm sketching from the Duomo Firenze. To see more drawings from Roma, Italia, and Other cities across the pond, Click here.
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Left, Wind fallen trees, Central Park, the Ravine. Drawn over three visits to the site, after a fierce August 09' storm. Right, misc. birds spring 09', Central Park. During migration I sketch birds recreationally. The paper gets smeared as they ride about in my shoulder bag for the weeks the drawings collect on the pages. Later I erase and cut in with gouache for highlights. Some of the cameos will show up in illustrations.
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| This sketch is of Wall Street looking west from William Street. Graphite and white gouache on bristol paper.
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Three sketches from New York city. 9" X 12', graphite on bristol paper. Some of these will become paintings.
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Fogarty Beach cliffs, Oregon. Watercolor/gouache sketch on site, May 2008.
| Coast line near Whale Cove from Hwy 101, Oregon. Watercolor/gouache, sketch on site, May 2005.
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To see Oregon sketches and watercolors, page one click here.
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Left, view of Seattle from hotel room. Left, view of Mt. Ranier from Seatac airport. Drawings 8.5" x 11", graphite and gouache on bristol paper. The gouache was added later in the studio to punch up the highlights.
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Wasp Nest in Yellow Bamboo Stand, Gamboa Panama. Graphite pencil and white gouache on bristol paper, 9" X 12", 2008. The main elements of this sketch were completed in the field, with segments rendered in detail. In the studio it was completed by following the segment cues, and "punched up", with eraser and gouache.
| Bat falcon, falco rufigularis, pencil sketch. While waiting at the dearture gate to flyout of Panama City airport, a strange shape zipped between the waiting planes after swallows hanging out on the gate collars. It looked like a cross between a bat a pidgeon and a falcon. In motion all I could get was general shape. It finally perched here and there and I caught some gesture drawings.
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