7x11 This is the first lesson in Shari Blaukopf's rugged rocks & sea class. I have several of Shari's classes; they're pre-recorded and I can watch them anytime, which is really great. This turned out better than I thought it would. I started out too fussy then eased into too careless when I was defining the rocks.  ..read more

Playing around ..read more

                              10x10 This week's sand and sky class with SaltyWaterArt. I enjoy Ronna's: every week it's something new to try. Overworked this one, which is perhaps why I prefer the little color study below. Started another 10x10 ..read more

                                11x11 Week 3 of a 5 week prerecorded class with Paul Talbot Greaves. His subjects I think are too complicated for me--I can never seem to pull them together. I'll be happy if I can learn how to paint convincing tree shadows! Below: early attempts ..read more

A little bird sketching in my sketchbook ... A flicker in ink pen and watercolor and trying to paint sparrows in the style of Chinese brush painting, simply and quickly ..read more

Scrolling through the photos on my phone and came across this little scene.  ..read more

                             10x12 Shari Blaukopf has a recorded class on painting trees. Finally stopped putting off doing this one of live oaks!  The subject seemed too complex to me, but Shari is really good at breaking such subjects down into doable shapes. I have a number of good photos of live oaks that I can maybe now paint ..read more

Painted, in yellow and gray, these white-petaled daffodils in my sketchbook. Last night, sitting on the sofa, I had a few colored pencils next to me, and added some stronger, and different, colors ..read more

                                7x11 A sketch done in a pre-recorded class with a California painter Richard E Scott. I like his teaching method--he's organized, enthusiastic, and really nice-- and I love his paintings! This is my second class with him; look forward to more. So, this is my first attempt; plan to do another bigger, better drawn ..read more

                              10x10 Another paint along with Paul George on YouTube. I'm pretty much just amazed I got this far ... Definitely want to do it again with more soft edges and more "flow" in the foreground, which looks too choppy to me. He advocates l8fting--a technique I rarely think of. Did it clumsily here but it is a great technique. Maintaining the right degree of wetness really mattered at every stage of this ..read more