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More quick sketches from the street and industrial area just outside the studio grounds.
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More quick sketches from around the Pdi/Dreamworks grounds. Trees this time.
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We have plenty of flowers blooming around the office grounds. They make for a good opportunity to splash some watercolors around at lunchtime.

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Redwood Shores Marina.

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My time at Pdi Dreamworks in Redwood city is rapidly coming to a close, so I'd like to spend the next couple weeks posting lunchtime and evening sketches from around the studio grounds. We're adjacent to a bay marina which is where this one was done. It was the first I did here and I have to say, having come from the everpresent LA sun, I enjoyed the overcast.

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My Sister used to live in San Louis Obisbo on the central coast of California. She could drive to LA to visit me in about 3 1/2 hours but for some reason it always took me over 4 hrs to drive up and visit her. The reason of course is sketches like this. You can't make that drive without pulling over to paint those scenic seaside vistas.

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Here's another one. This is a beautiful spot on the big island; below the falls is a lava tube cave you can hike through. I didn't have a flashlight and came out with a bruised forehead.

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A quick sketch from a trip to Hawaii.

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Another sketch from the national parks of Utah. I did this one sitting in my car pulled over onto the shoulder of the road. The highway patrolman who stopped to see what I was up to didn't seem to like it.

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This is in Zion National Park, Utah. Though springtime, it was cold! A good motivator to be quick and keep it simple.

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More sketches of Cambodia. The ruins in this country are extraordinary. And in contrast to a few decades ago, it's become highly tourist friendly. Just watch out for mosquitoes.

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From a trip to Cambodia in '03

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Welcome! I'm dusting off the ol' sketchbooks and getting the sketches online. I have to say that travelling with my painting sketchbook has been the most pleasurable part of being an artist and so I'm pleased to share my efforts with you.

Here are a few pics of the setup. I've got a water bin, an old listerine bottle to carry water in, masking tape, Winsor and Newton watercolors, white gouache, brushes (mostly Princeton and Robert Simmons white sable Flats), sketchbooks and a small hiking pack they all fit in. The sketchbooks are heavy weight, acid free craft paper made by Michael Roger Press and as it would happen, stopped being produced recently. Luckily I have several more stashed away. Canson makes a similar book that is currently available.

The studies are done small and quickly. Most are less than 3x5" and completed in 20 to 40 minutes.

My watercolor palette. All Winsor & Newton brand unless otherwise noted:
Permanent white designers gouache
winsor lemon
winsor yellow deep
yellow ochre
winsor orange
bright red
winsor red
permanent alizarin crimson
french ultramarine blue
pthalo blue (winsor blue greenshade)
pthalo green (winsor green blueshade)
permanent sap green
Pthalo yellow green (academy brand)
venetian red (light red or indian red)
raw umber
van dyke brown
ivory black

Enjoy!