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Corcovado falls, Costa Rica.
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Naples marina, Long beach CA.
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If you've made the drive from central California to LA, you've probably seen this scene as you approached the Grapevine at dusk.
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A quick one before the rain came down.
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Mausoleum.
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Something a little closer to traditional watercolor technique for this week.
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On my way back from Christmas in Utah I took a diversion into Death Valley.
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Wasatch Mountain range in Utah where I spent my Christmas vacation.

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Dusk in Sand Piper Park, Redwood Shores Ca.
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If you've ever made the drive from LA to Vegas you've seen this cement factory on the way.
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More sketches from around the neighborhood.
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Neighborhood house.
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More from the hills of North central California outside the town of Coalinga.
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I've sometimes heard complaints about the dusty landscape of Coalinga (central California) where I grew up but I don't share those sentiments.
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Bangkok
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Angeles National Forest Northeast of Los Angeles.
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Though I usually use a craft paper sketch book to paint in, I also enjoy carrying around a small moleskine, it's just so handy! So, some years ago I decided to put together a pocket size watercolor kit for the moleskine. This is what I came up with.

The case is a samsonite camera case and the drawings are in black prismacolor pencils.

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A few more Grand Canyon sketches.

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Arizona canyon at dusk.

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Late afternoon in Zion National park, Utah.
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In the middle of Arizona page 2.
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Somewhere in the middle of Arizona.
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Outside Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park, Utah
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I have more sketches of the Grand Canyon I'll post later, but for this week, let's jump over to Bryce Canyon.
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Continuing Grand Canyon sketches.
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I spent my summer vacation touring the national parks of Arizona and Utah. We'll start with the Grand Canyon. These were painted in a heavyweight black paper scrapbook. The dark paper seemed to suit the subject as there was so much light bouncing around in the shadows. I "borrowed" the black paper idea from one of my former students Chris Sears.

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These are my demo sketches from our landscape sketching class trip to Eaton Canyon in Pasadena. Good times.

And for those of you who have been asking for higher res images, the middle one is for you.
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Rocks in Angeles Crest Forest.
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Late afternoon outside Coalinga in central California.
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