9" x 12" - Oil on Stretched Canvas

Value Study - Oil - 8" x 10-1/2" (20 cm x 27 cm)

Today's Sketch - Ballpoint on #20 Bond - about 8" x 10"

Oil on 140-lb Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper - 6" x 12"

Working on a Design - Six Versions

Redo of a Third Sketch Below

Sketches - Perspective of the Head

Nose Play

Nose detail after Diego Velasquez, "Portrait of a Man."  An attempt to indicate the planes, a sketch of the planes, and final watercolor sketch.

Hazel - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait in Progress - "Hazel" - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait in Progress - "Hazel" - Graphite on Bristol - about 10" x 10" (25cm x 25cm)

Portrait Study #H2

Conte Crayon on Reversed Watercolor Paper - 8" x 8"

Church in Český Krumlov, Czech Republic - Watercolor and Ink on 140-lb. cold-pressed, about 8" x 10" (20 x 25 cm)

Český Krumlov - Czech Republic - about 6" x 6" (16 x 16cm) - Ink & Watercolor

Rupt-aux-Nonains, France - after José Salvaggio - Oil on Canvas - 10" x 13"

I like José Salvaggio's painting so much, I had to have a reasonable facsimile for myself.  I also wanted to explore his painting method done on location. I used his video on YT as a guide to what I did, and thus learned many good things.

Bhutan I - 9" x 9" ((23 x 23cm) - Pastel on UArt 400

Greenland - 8" x 8" (20cm x 20cm) - Pastel on UArt 400

Oil on Canvas Sheet - about 7-1/2" x 11-1/2"

This was supposed to be an exercise in squaring off a complex rounded form and identifying and painting the major planes. Probably not as squared off as it should be for the exercise, but I learned some anyway.

More Squaring Off and Planes - Oil on Canvas about 5" x 5"

Experimenting with Squaring Off & Planes - Oil, about 8" x 10"

Experimenting with Squaring Off & Planes

Charcoal & Pencil on Sketch Paper.  About 15" high (cropped).

Todays Sketch about 5' x 8' - my sketch book

Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper - about 9" x 12"

Continuation of "Portrait Start" - Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper

Street Scene in the city of Dhaka, Bangledesh - Ink and Watercolor - about 7/12" x 8" wide

Finally ! Portrait Start - Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper

Finally !  The sketch proportions are very, very close to those in the model photograph, and therefore the likeness has improved greatly.  See previous posts for comparison.

Graphite on 50-lb. Sketch Paper

Portrait Starts  -  Working on Accuracy of  Head, Shapes, and Features (Likeness)

Asian Man - Ballpoint on 20# Bond - 8-1/2" x 11"

Asian Man - Oil on Canvas Paper - about 12" x 16"

Graphite on Strathmore 400 Drawing - about 12" x 16"

Sketch done from the movie, Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Suooshima, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan - Pen and Watercolor on Arches Cold Pressed - 6-1/2" x 8"

Water Tower - Ink & Brush Pen on Sketch Paper - 5-1/2" x 7"

Smaller than real size, this water tower is a decorative prop at the Griffith Park miniature train ride. It's approximately 12 feet high.  The miniature train ride has served the public in Griffith Park since 1948. Youngsters of all ages enjoy the experience of riding the train on the Griffith Park Southern Railroad.  The track stretches over a mile beginning at the station, and takes riders past the Pony Rides, through a green meadow, through an old Western town, and past a Native American village.

This Evening's Sketches - January 6th, 2015 - Simple Objects

Today's Sketches - January 3, 2015 - En Plein Air

Germantown, Philadelphia PA - 5" x 5" (14cm x 14cm) - Ink & Watercolor