Meadow Ridge Ct & Creekside Ct in Waukesha

pencil sketches

crocheted angel

See http://www.jpfun.com/patterns/free/angels/f104006_littlebobblesangel.shtml for pattern.

I used a 1/2 7.5MM silver colored crochet hook and Patons Grace 100% mercerized cotton light "3" weight. So my angel is about 5-6 inches tall. Can get 2 angels out of each 50 g/ 1.75 oz ball.

Bethesda Church 12/8/11 pencil sketch

pastel 24x18 sketch 12/6/11

I like these colors.

18x24 pastel sketch 11/22/11

I really liked her hair.

Brookdale Village near Genessee Depot just south of Wales

12/1/11 pencil sketch & oil pastel sketch. I liked the angles on the roof.

Cregannen Bay & Penny Lane, Wales WI 9x12 Oil Pastel on canvas paper 11/17/11

Bernice, 24x18 pastel on charcoal paper at MSC 11/15/11

A/C Art Association 62nd Annual Exhibit 11/19-1/7/12

I have three 11x14 oil pastel pieces in this show; Vernon Overlook, Fall Field & Bay St.

Reuss Federal Building - 310 W. Wisconsin Ave. Milwaukee WI
Sunday, Nov 27 Exhibit & Judging

drop off 11/19/2011
pick up 1/7/2012

Milwaukee Sketch Club at Nora B's in Elm Grove

I have 2 pieces at Nora B's, http://norabs.com/

ArtBar Mini Show 11/4 - 1/2/2012

I have these pieces in this show at the artbar, http://artbar-riverwest.com/default.asp?page=art

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Sadie 11x14 pastel, 10/21/11

From Milwaukee Sketch Club Portrait Side 9/27/11

18 x 24 pastel on newsprint.

Didn't get outside to paint this last week. Hope to get out this Thursday. Weather is supposed to be real nice. In the morning am going to the Wilson Center, in the afternoon to Waukesha by the Fox River & Clock Tower.

Inside Villa Terrace Courtyard 9/22/11 5x7 acrylic

Struggled a bit with this. May work on it some more later.

Waukesha Spring House 9/15/11

only had time for a quick pencil sketch

Villa Terrace, Lakeside, 7x5, 9/13/11

Cutler's Park 8x6 acrylic 9/8/11

Fascinated by the shadows, the shape of the roof and its angles.

Veteran's Park 6x6 acrylic 9/8/11

Baby Afgan for Tegan's baby

East Troy Center 7x5 8/25/11

McKinley Marina Playground 6x6 8/24/11

Phantom Lake 5x7 acrylic 8/18/11

Boerner Botanical Gardens 8/10/11 5x7 acrylic

Harley Davidson 6x6 acrylic 8/7/11

Mukwonago 6x6 acrylic 7/14/11

Barnacle Buds 6x6 acrylic 7/13/11

Just catching up on posting of my plein air sketches/paintings.

Fox River Park 7/7/11 5x7 acrylic

Forest Home Cemetery 7/6/11 7x5 acrylic

Marinette Co Island 5x7 acrylic on canvas

My computer is finally fixed. Yeah! Only without it for 8 days but it felt like a long time & things really piled up. I'm still not through my pile of computer work.

Greenfield Park Birches 6/14/11 6x6 acrylic on canvas

Great evening for painting! 70F. Sunny. My sister recognized the location from the painting.

Mallard Lake in Whitnall Park 6/11/11 7x5 acrylic on canvas

Very overcast & wet. No biting bugs out.

white, ultramarine blue, yellow, raw sienna

Frame Park 6/2/11 - in progress 6x6 acrylic on canvas

Got a little behind posting.

Went plein aire painting Thursday afternoon but didn't finish. Just got the big shapes blocked in. Didn't get to the details yet.

ultramarine blue, white, alizarin crimson, yellow.

5x7 acrylic Minooka Park on an overcast day

7x5 acrylic Vernon Marsh via DNR access Road

Hiked down the trail to the springs. No biting bugs yet. Very comfortable day.

Wisconsin Pastel Artists Spring Serenade Exhibit April 29-May 23

Just finished matting & framing my piece for this exhibit. I decided to use my Hidden Lakes Plein Air Oil Pastel now that they are allowing oil pastel into the exhibit. Tomorrow I will drop it off at Schauer Arts and Activities Center, 147 N. Rural Street, Hartford, WI. It's a very nice place to exhibit.

East Troy Electric Railroad, 8x12 Oil Pastel

Quite a challenge to draw. Nice weather for April.

Scuppernong Marsh near Eagle, 12x8 Oil Pastel

Beautiful day. Some bugs but none were the biting kind. I really like this Strathmore Canvas Paper. It takes the oil pastel real nice.

Crocheted Afgan

Finally finished. Yeah!!!

Blarney Castel 9x12 Oil Pastel Plein Aire Sketch

Overcast and very pleasant temperature. Close to 50 F. I said "Hi" to everybody that walked by. The owner of the Blarney castle took down the Xmas wreath and put it inside the castle as she was leaving to go to an exercise class. My painting buddies did some very nice watercolors.

Hidden Lakes Oil Pastel 9x12 plein air

The sun came out this afternoon. Sat on my stool in the sun next to my car which blocked the wind and was quite comfortable. Wore a light pair of gloves and when I needed to blend I put on my pair where I cut off the fingertips. Not warm enough to work without gloves yet.

11 x 14 pastel Oscar Dog

Today I just finished matting Oscar Dog for Horn Feeds Mill. I started out with conte crayon, then used hard pastels and did fine details with pastel pencils. On mis-teintes paper.

Horn Feeds Mill Plein Air

3.5 x 2.5 pen on bristol

8x8 oil pastel with colored pencil on bristol, still struggling with these plein air oil pastels of buildings. I think the color is right. Very humid, paper started to curl. Finally caught up with these postings.