This is a sketch of another new painting I have in my studio. This is a larger painting of a great egret. Read more »
Squirrel Sketching – New Painting
I love paintings of squirrels, or at least the paintings that capture the playful personality of the animal. So often the scene is filled with soft neutrals and rich earthtones — a very interesting to paint! :) This is a small piece I am painting by request. Read more »
Red Fox Miniature Painting
This is another new piece I have sitting in my studio right now. You may notice the dark strokes look a bit different on this piece than some of the other sketches I have on the blog. That is because for this piece I did some "redrawing" in paint – […] Read more »
Beaver Painting II
This is a second sketch for my commissioned beaver painting. I combined both of the sketches together for the painting – so there are two beavers in the painting. I’ll be posting the actual painting a little later. Read more »
Wolf Sketching
There has been some interest in my wolf sketches on the blog – requesting a few more posts featuring them. This sketch is the rough for a new painting I will be starting on soon. Read more »
Beaver Painting
As I posted earlier, I have been primarily working on the stack of commissions I have in my studio right now. This is one of the rough sketches for my beaver commission. I have been painting on this piece for the last couple of days. I really liked studying this animal. […] Read more »
New Doodles
I finished a few paintings recently that never made it into the blog, unfortunately. Sometimes those deadlines…… This (pictured) is one of my new paintings I’ve just started to sketch out. I have a number of these half-done and just-started pieces sitting around my studio at the moment. :) Most […] Read more »
Sketches for Paintings
This is a sketch of one of the paintings I’m working on right now. I have done a little work in color on it since this photo was taken. I’ll get a fresh picture of it online when it’s a little farther along. I also started a large bird painting […] Read more »
Birding
The past few days have involved walks on the beach for reference of Floridian species of wildlife – birds in particular. In addition to a variety of birds, we were joined by a number of dolphins as well.Thanks to our friends for their help in directing us to popular wildlife […] Read more »
A Little Painting Time
It can be quite exhausting to be out in the field all day for study and research. Thankfully, tonight I was able to get a little painting time in at the hotel room. I just started work on a miniature cat piece – it will be posted (in it’s color […] Read more »