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Rock face in Angeles Crest Forest, Ca.
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Roadside sketches from Death Valley.
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A quickie I did at lunch.
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Los Gatos hills, Central California.
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Carmel Point, Ca. Watercolor on Arches cold press paper, 16"x 20".
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Some roughs from Northern California.

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Kootenai National Forest, Montana.

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At the Colorado River Gorge, Arizona.
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Smokey Bear Creek near Grapevine CA.
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Many have studied figure quick sketch to discipline themselves as to what gives a clear read to the figure and what information can be edited out. The human figure is incredibly complex and a landscape even more so. As an exercise, try painting a landscape in 20 strokes or less.

This is Deer Creek Resevoir in Utah.

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Brushpen and waterbrush studies.

Digital Landscape in Photoshop

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Dusk off California Hwy 126.
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Wunderlich Mtns in the California Bay Area.
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.San Pedro docking yards.
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View of LA from Mulholland Drive.
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Lost Hills Creek, Central California.
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Rotunda, charcoal on rives paper.
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My co-workers might recognize this spot.
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This is a sketchbook page from a visit to the Hunnington Botanical Garden in Pasadena, Ca.
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Los Gatos Creek. Watercolor on Arches cold pressed paper.
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Tobacco tree sprig.
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Santa Barbara Hills.
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Strangler Fig, Costa Rica.
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Buncha roughs this week.
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Joshua Tree National Park in the desert region of Southern California.
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I used to live in North Glendale Ca. Here are a couple of quickies from around the neighborhood.
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Moleskine studies.
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The colors in these rolling California hills at dusk are so hard to get. I did the best I could here by using alot of layering. I've left this one full rez for you to take a closer look if you're so inclined.
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In Bryce National Park, Utah
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Brush pen sketch of a spot visited last summer in the Sequoia Foothills.
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