Landscape Painting - Tennessee Valley

The following painting was started during a class field-trip to Tennessee Valley.  It was completed in the studio as it was so foggy and cold that day we had to leave earl, however I love the atmosphere of a foggy day!

9" x 12" - oil on canvas board

Geometric Floral Mandala

Now that the San Francisco Giants have secured their 2nd World Series Title in 3 years, it is time to return to the real world and things other than baseball.....after the parade tomorrow.

In the meantime, I wanted to share a mandala that was created for 'Sacred Geometry.'  It is a geometric interpretation of a passion flower, the image of which I have included below along with the mandala.

It was created using a compass, straight-edge and pencil then colored with watercolor washes and watercolor pencils on Fabriano Artistico HP paper.

Landscape Painting - Week 3

Last Friday were were in the studio again working on the 2 paintings that have been begun so far as well as starting a third.  I don't know if I've ever worked on 3 different paintings in the same day but it felt very productive!  Below are the updates on the 2 landscapes that have been posted previously.

9" x 12" - oil on canvas board

Plein Air Painting

For the second week of 'Landscape Painting' we ventured out to Golden Gate Park to work on location.  The pond-view painting below was completed in 2-3hrs.

oil on canvas panel - 9" x 12"

Black & White Landscape Study

The new semester at the Academy of Art started last week and the following study was done in-class in 'Landscape Painting.'

oil on canvas board - 9" x 12"

Watercolor II - Painting a White Flower

For Watercolor II at Filoli, one of the exercises was to paint a white flower for which I chose a simple rose.  It is a little hard to see on a screen but my completed piece is shown below.

watercolor on hot press paper

21st Amendment

I had lunch with a friend recently at The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen.  She was running late, which gave me the time to complete the quick sketch below of the 21st Amendment Cafe & Restaurant which is across the street.  I used a water soluble pencil and a waterbrush.