painting with pixels

yes, I'm painting every day 10-15 hours. although it's with pixels and it's fairy stuff.
Here's some chestnuts to let CERTAIN PEOPLE know that I'm painting........ unfinished

day off

I actually took a day off from painting fairies last weekend to see the big surf and the great UC Davis ultimate frisbee team in Santa Barbara. In the upper right hand corner of the weather reports, there is always the wave height information and it's usually 2-4 ft. Today it was 6-8ft. - alot of surfers were out.
This tree is the same tree I painted years ago for Carpinteria State Beach painting. (link on right), although the tree and beach have changed. The beach was completely pastel.

weather report

Some quick sketches. Gouache in Hand Book Journal with LA Times.

a couple of drawings

it's a bit odd that my only two good drawings are sort of the same view. I think it's because I couldn't see her head. These are 3 minute, but I tried to treat them as 1 minute drawings.
Stabilo on aniimation paper.

sleeping beauty's castle

The reflection of the castle was beautiful the other night at Disneyland, and no I did not photoshop this. Shot with my little Nikon!

January weather report

I can't believe how hard it is to find dried hominy in los angeles.
Happy new year. My main personal goal this year is to find animation work in another country.
If anyone knows of any, my resume is on the Creative Talent Network link on the sidebar.
I'm excited for the new year, new president by the end of it, and many wishes for great new beginnings to all of my friends.

Some newly made sketchbooks

Some sketchbooks made from old book covers, now filled with 90lb. Arches hot press.

last figures of the year

Quick 3 minute studies. Stabilo on a toothier animation paper. Missed everybody!

The Splinter

An older oil painting that I recently viewed again hanging in a collector's house. 42 x 60", oil on canvas. "The Splinter". Private Collection.

Friday figure drawing

This model has limited poses and I can only draw so many bent-arms-held-midway-at-torso. Stabilo on animation paper.

weather journaling

a couple of quick sketches. It's very dry here. hand-book journal.

Two last black and whites

"Tourists in New York library" and "Downshot midtown".

Last of NY postings

I collected several pictures of christmas windows in NY. Some of them, I even got the window dresser which I hesitate to post, since I don't know the names of the designers. But these are two from Anthropologie midtown. Also a drawing of what I saw of Central Park from hotel window.

Day2 New York

A friend from Denver who now lives in Brooklyn, took us to a very quiet place called, "Simple Cafe" where the chef told us the specialty of the night. This is a great little place and is somewhat new to the neighborhood. The owner treated us to a round of champagne and brought the bill in this little bucket. This is one of the best restaurants I've been to. I went down to Soho for nostalgia of the gallery scene of many years ago, and was surprised to find a great Joseph Raffael show at Nancy Hoffman gallery.

Magnolia Cafe

I bought a small watercolor notebook from Japan-"Hokusai" -so I could paint this coconut cake from Magnolia Cafe.

Day 1 New York

Had cocktails at Pastis before heading over to BuddhaBar, a large restaurant in the meat packing district with a giant Buddha inside. Definately not LA. Very red. Very dark. I painted our edamame without seeing the paint. Took only a small Moleskine, and we all know how badly the paper takes watercolor.
Photo of central park in rain.

Chinatown galleries in LA

Searching for good painting shows in China town. (We did find one). Some rum drinking advice from a very good artist at another very good artist's house and when I have time to figure out how to link their websites to this sentence, I will.
Am off to New York for a week. I hope to post some NYC sketches when I get back.

Life Drawing Finally

"Woman with dark hair".
Now that life drawing sessions are every other week, they are very precious, plus it takes longer to get rid of the stiffness. These are 5 minute poses. Stabilo on Animation paper. I missed the session two weeks ago, and will miss the one in two weeks both due to being out of town. It drives me crazy to miss these. I need to find more sessions to sneak into, although it would be weird to draw with another group.

Sycamore leaves

Buttonwood for BSF. This was shot through glass as it is already framed and hanging. Watercolor on Arches, 10x10".

late october weather

The sky is finally blue after a couple of days of smoke and haze. These last orange/violet clouds were only for early risers. They were completely gone by 8am. These views are out the kitchen window. The green is the tops of my citrus trees. The mts. are the Verdugos looking southwest. The sketchbook is the Hand Book Journal - not good watercolor paper. The paintbrushes are nice though, Isaby Kolinsky.