Oil Pastel Sketch at Hank Aaron Trail near Miller Park

Charcoal still life for drawing class

Some pastel paintings for One Way Cafe Show

Pictures of Bear Point, Menomonee River, Marinette Co. WI. Received an honorable mention at this show for "Bear Point #2" (The picture with the people in the boat.)


















It's interesting to compare these pastel paintings painted indoors to the oil pastel sketches I did on location and posted on 8/17/09. http://katsmishmash.blogspot.com/2009/08/plein-air-oil-pastels-of-menomonee.html . I had a lot of fun painting all of these pictures

Oil Pastel Sketch at Hoyt Park

Water is down quite a bit from spring. Overall a nice morning.

Some miscellaneous Sketches

Did 2 plein airs this week, an oil pastel sketch near Juneau Park, a water color pencil sketch at Lion's Gorge. Weather very fine. Some miscellaneous pencil sketches around town and at Retzer Nature Center's Apple Harvest. The apples & apple pies were real good. Here are the sketches in no particular order.

Acrylic Still Life

Grasses near Harley Davidson Museum, Oil Pastel Plein Air

Pencil & Oil pastel done at McCarty Park

My niece & nephew were in a cross county event at McCarty Park so I painted there with a friend. It was fun. Some people came and sat down in front of me so I quick painted them in.

Still Lifes from acrylic classes with Fred Bell

I like the shadow in the clock face.

Pencil work

Had jury duty this week. While waiting to get called onto a jury started a color pencil painting of Menomonee River on Wisconsin Michigan border. Then during one of our long lunches while sitting on jury, I sketched Civic Center Complex/ MacAuthor Square. Very good views of skylines. You're far enough back from the buildings to see.