Like a Postcard

Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.  6x8 inches, watercolor and pen & ink.  Like a postcard, a remembrance of a place once visited not so long ago.

Santiago Sketch

 

Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.  6x8 inches, watercolor and pen and ink.

Stony Plaza and Smart Phones

Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.  6x8 inches, watercolor, gouache and pencil on mixed media paper.  The hikers don't seem to mind stretching out on the stony surface to use their smart phones.

Santiago de Compostela

Plaza del Obradoiro, Santiago de Compostela.  8x10 inches, watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper.  First of a series of sketches of the plaza, usually filled with arriving hikers and visitors.  I think of them as postcards to recapture the experience of being there.

The Tide Was Out

Little Pleasant Bay, Orleans, MA.  9x12 inches, oil on gessobord.  A sketch done on site when the tide was out.

Primeval Bay Beach

 Primeval Bay Beach. 9x12 inches, oil on gessobord.  

Always Moving

Hoosic River, Williamstown, MA. 11x14 inches, oil on canvas panel.  While I was painting yesterday, two guys went by in a boat, one fishing, the other trying to control the boat with oars.  I said to them, "I need one of those to paint from."  The guy with the fishing rod said, "If only we could keep the boat still."  If only I could keep the river still.

Field and Clouds

Study of Field and Clouds at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 6x8 inches, oil on linen panel.  

Drawn to Hay Bales

 Hay Bales at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, pencil and charcoal on paper. 

A Street in Antequera

 A street in Antequera, Spain.  6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.

A Street in Barcelona

 A street in Barcelona.  6x8 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.

The Schooner Far Barcelona

A better photo of the painting of an old schooner, the Far Barcelona, moored in the old port of Barcelona. 8x6 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.

Eastern Point House

The house of the Eastern Point Lighthouse in Gloucester, MA. 8x10 inches, gouache on mixed media paper.

Ents In Cimiez, Nice

A drawing of olive trees in the garden at the park in Cimiez, Nice.  They remind me of ents, because they are so old, each has a distinct personality, and they seem to move around, and certainly they look at you.  I would like to do a series. 10x8 inches, pencil on paper.

Next to Allee Miles Davis

Time for a drawing.  This one done at the park in Cimiez, Nice, where there are innumerable ancient olive trees.  This is a tree next to Allee Miles Davis.  The lanes in the park are named after American jazz artists. 8x10 inches, pencil and watercolor on paper.

Figure Sketch

 A recent figure oil sketch.  12x16 inches, oil on linen.

Luce Oil Sketch

 An oil sketch done at the top of Luce Road yesterday morning in Williamstown, MA. 8x10 inches, oil on panel.

Campus Sketches

This morning I wandered around the campus, scouting out some views to paint, and made a few pencil sketches. 

Great Swimming Squirrel

While painting at a more remote section of Mauserts Pond at Clarksburg State Park this morning, I heard a splash in the water and noticed a creature with a long tail approaching the edge of the shore to my right.  Out emerged a gray squirrel, which shook off the water, and ran into the bushes.  This is the first time I've ever seen a gray squirrel swim.  It came across the small inlet, which spans a good twenty yards from the other shore.

The oil on panel is 8x10 and the prep drawing is 6x8 inches.  Same as yesterday: the water was still until I started to paint it.

Bascom Lodge

A quick sketchbook drawing from Saturday of an entrance to Bascom Lodge on the top of Mount Greylock.