one more from fishermen's terminal

Our first FT visit for 2010 was in the rain! My acrylic sketch of the Anita was quite melty when we packed up, but I punched it up back in the studio.

joy

a fairly recent acrylic sketch on canvas, 8 x 8. Three stages of its creation are viewable on my flickr site!

the gas works revisited

Here is a small sketch from our Urban Sketchers - Seattle crawl last month. Love painting in this park, 300 degrees of city/water/industrial view! It's about 4 x 6, inks-and-gouache on black paper.

experimental jazz

everything old is new again. here's a 4 x 6 sketch in gouache and ink. tulips may be coming back at last.

secret gardens of lake forest park

Here is a little 8 x 6 plein air oil sketch from the garden of Carolyn and Chuff Barden of Lake Forest Park.

the gas works

today's 8 x 16 oil sketch -- think this would make an interesting larger painting! (like 30 x 60 or so)

fishermen's terminal

A beautiful day at Seattle's working docks. Don't know why this place is not crawling with painters. Here is my afternoon's 8x8 oil sketch.

across green lake this morning

Today's 6 x 8 plein air oil sketch! The morning was lovely!

the factory behind freighthouse square

Here's this week's 6 x 8 oil sketch!

commons counter

ink/gouache sketch, 3.5 x 11

ballard locks

here's my first sketch of the day from Seattle Plein Air's meetup at the locks on Saturday. Ink and gouache, 3.5 x 11

in the commons

yesterday's sketch from the bookstore at Lake Forest Park, oil on panel, 8 x 10

fencepost study

yesterday's color study sketch, oil on hardboard, 8 x 8

under the bridge

5 x 7 oil sketch from last week in Tacoma

mossy roof

oil sketch from the deck of a boat on the Point Ruston waterway (Dock Street, Tacoma) last week! 12 x 16

the gate

Yesterday's sketchcrawl effort. Here is the Gate to Seattle's International District as seen from Yummy Bakery. 3.5 x 5.5, ink and gouache.

half sweet

oil, 6 x 8

industrial tower

today's 8 x 6 plein air oil sketch of a view from under a dramatic Tacoma bridge. This tower was tiny on the horizon but glowing in the sun!

thanksgiving day

Here is a little oil sketch from last fall, 6 x 8 on canvas/hardboard panel. I painted it in the parking lot of the hospital where I had spent so much time previously with my dad, and even more previously with my mom. Since it was a holiday parking was free.

ballard sunday market

plein air oil sketch on gessoed masonite with acrylic underpainting, 9 x 12; August 2008.