Sunday at Starbucks, painted over morning coffee from the patio.
A pen and ink and watercolor sketch of a midcentury gas station in Kensington.
Kensington, San Diego Watercolor
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Tag Archives: 5 x 7 inches
San Diego Night Painting
San Diego Nocturne- for sale
The night the laundry room flooded. We live in an old Spanish style building with lots of patios and outdoor living spaces. I thought the water was so beautiful running out the laundry room door and along the tiles.
Mission Bay Painting San Diego
Fiesta Island – for sale
Today’s plein air painting, painted on location at Fiesta Island in Mission Bay. Nice spot.
Ocean Beach Painting
Dog Beach – commission
This commission was based on an earlier plein air painting from the same spot- looking across the channel at Dog Beach from Mission Beach. I painted the plein air version on Dec 31, 2012 so it was officially my last painting of the year.
Santa Barbara Beach Painting
East Beach Twilight – commission
East Beach in the early evening- this commission is already sold to a wonderful collector, but here are more California beach paintings.
Hillcrest San Diego Pencil Drawing- of the Pinkberry
Pencil drawing of Hillcrest- buy now
I drew this over breakfast this AM on the patio tables at Einstein’s Bagels in Hillcrest. This is the Pinkberry. Halfway through the drawing someone came and parked a gigantic pickup truck right in front of me. I had to keep standing up and peering over its enormity to finish the drawing.
I’d intended to do a watercolor painting this morning, but the cap had come off my pen inside my bag and it dried out. And though the art store is just across the street, it stubbornly did not open in time to buy a new pen. So I worked in graphite.
Flowers on the Gazebo, Alcazar Garden, Balboa Park
Gazebo in Spring- for sale
Another open air painting in Balboa Park- the Alcazar Garden. I really like this spot to paint- I guess it’s probably described as a formal Italian-style garden but with a mix of Moorish elements added as well. Nice place.
Spreckels Organ Pavilion or “If it Ain’t Baroque, Don’t Fix It”
Baroque Columns – for sale
Another nice spot in Balboa Park, San Diego. I like the Rococo. Painted on location.
It was a Tuesday and crowded. Every Tuesday one of the Museums in the park has a free day, and this was the SDMA which happened to have a Plein Air show at the time. Probably the most informed passers-by ever.
East Beach Santa Barbara Plein Air
East Beach- for sale
East Beach in Santa Barbara, California, in the morning. Painted on location on the beach.
Highways and High Rises, San Diego
Highways & High Rises- for sale
A plein air painting of Mission Valley in San Diego. I guess technically speaking, the closest “highway” is actually the Trolley tracks.
Gas Station in Kensington, San Diego
Gas Station painting – for sale
A gas station in Kensington, San Diego, California.
This is really part of my Sunday Coffee series of paintings, which I’ve been painting over breakfast at various cafes around the city. But the original in this case is watercolor.
Easter Bunny Donut Painting
Easter Donut – for sale
Glazed donut in the shape of the Easter Bunny, with Jelly Bean eyes.
This is from a place in San Diego called Donut Bar, where you wait in line for an anxious eternity to get what are apparently THE BEST DONUTS IN THE WORLD.
As you can see, I bought a few…
Only painted this one though. The rest are slated for demolition tomorrow.
Happy Easter!
Rocks at Ocean Beach, San Diego
Rocks – for sale
Painted yesterday on location in Ocean Beach, San Diego.
Bit of a light glare on the painting, since I photographed it while still wet. Will have to try again when it’s dry in a couple of days.
Easter Peeps
Pink Peeps – buy now
A gang of pink marshmallow Easter Peeps.
There’s a school of thought that color harmony alone can give you any light effect you need in a painting. The Impressionists and yadda yadda.
I don’t ascribe to that school; instead I bought a special color of paint that I thought would go to the perfect hot pink for these Peeps. Of course I don’t want to drop $15 on the wrong color so I was on pins and needles until I got the tube home.
And I was RIGHT!!
Holbein Geranium Lake, if you feel a need, as I invariably do, to paint some pink peeps of your own.
San Diego Sailboats
Shelter Island- for sale
Boats moored in the marina at Shelter Island/ Point Loma.