Sketching from Civil War camp

A sketch from a reference photo I took in our park during a Civil War reenactment.

I would like to paint this but will first take a stab at it in pen and ink.

Sketching ideas for my next painting

Sketching ideas for my next painting. Itching to paint 

New sketch

Here is a sketch I am working on that I plan to put ink to soon.  My reference was a photo I took while in Alaska.  Hopefully get this finished and updated soon!.

A drawing in progress of Black Bear in Alaska

This will be a pen and ink when finished.

I am referencing a photo I too in Alaska while fishing on the Russian River.

A young Black Bear joined us on the search for salmon :)

Another sketch

Here is a another sketch I did for fun while working. You can tell I almost destroyed the poor paper. :)

Farm Sketch

"Farm sketch" 5" x 7"

I haven't posted artwork in a while and felt I should post this little sketch. Had some fun using a ballpoint pen little and painterly. Would like to use this approach on a fully rendered drawing. This was from my imagination, next time I will use a photo. Just having fun!

Roadside Pasture in Indiana

Roadside Pasture in Indiana
5"x7" Pen-n-Ink

A new year and a new medium!

This Christmas my wife bought a Derwent water color pencil set for me! And I love it!
I did a test with the pencils a few months ago, using a friend's set.
This sketch/painting came from a picture of a cottage store in Brown County, Indiana. I also
added some ink to it afterwords.

Sketching and planning

This is a sketch of another painting I am planning. I see this particular field everyday I drive into work...always enjoyed it.

Playing with Watercolor

I haven't posted anything new in a while, but I am working on a few things in my studio.
Until then here is a watercolor pencil test I did today. Thanks Vince! I want some!

The Flood

While working today I did a rough pencil and pen sketch of "The Flood".
Rough drawing but if you look close you can see the different animals walking to
the Ark.

A few sketches

I will be posting my finished covered bridge soon, but today I sketched this little idea.
Simple farm with sheep. Fun :)

Covered Bridge (in progress)

I started this today, and plan to keep this blog updated while in progress.

Update_#1 Sketch

Update_#02 Starting with the pen.


Update_#03 More Pen

That lonely slender tree

The other evening my wife, my mother-n-law and I took a nice drive into the country.
It was a perfect evening, nice and cool, and the lightning bugs were out in full force by the end of the night. Anyways, we stopped a few times to take pictures of the fields and horizon and I loved the look of this lonely slender tree over a wheat field. so decided to sketch it quickly by memory today.

Tree in progress....and knowing when to stop.

Upon Vince's request (friend here at work) I decided to scan and post this sketch before I
"finish". Why??? because Vince and I had a conversation the other day about knowing when to stop with a painting, drawing, etc. He thought it was a good time to stop, and he liked how the pen fully rendered looked in contrast to the sketchy pencil. I can't exactly call this finished though...I "need" to finish it with pen...fully rendered. Sooo this is for Vince...raise your glasses! to Vince!


I will continue to post this image as I move along :)

Update #01

Update #02

Update #3

"Weed'n" (pen and pencil sketch)

Been doing a lot of gardening and landscaping around our house lately with my wife.
Just another sketch with Pen and pencil.

"My Last Stand" (pen and pencil sketch)

I truly love pen. This drawing was done with my new brush pen, normal Micron pens, and pencil.
A lot of fun I tell you :) I may see what I can do with this in photoshop as well...we'll see.

Detail Tree

Detail Branch

Detail Ground

Nanner, Before and After

A sketch I did during our studio meeting this morning. Later I touched it up in photoshop.

Pencil and pen.

Painted in Photoshop

More sketches, and from another meeting

A couple trees I saw out my office window, then added everything else.

Fence detail

Next of the Seriers...."The Wise One"

Just sketched the next piece for the series I have been posting.
This one is called "The Wise One".