Friday, July 31, 2009

Plein Air Sketches of Downtown Waukesha




Went to downtown Waukesha twice this week. Did a watercolor, pencil & oil pastel sketch. Sunny, no rain, in the 70s quite nice out.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

2 watercolor sketches at Dave's Falls in Marinette County













It was a bit overcast, about 70F and even drizzled once. Despite the weather people were hiking, fishing and swimming in the river. Everyone was quite friendly. I first drew a rocky island then the path through the woods. Dave's Falls is a very nice park.

Watercolor of Mallard Lake Falls


Been studying some watercolor books: Outdoors in Watercolor by Alwyn Crawshaw, First Impressions - Sketching Nature in Watercolor by Edward Norton Ward, Painting Watercolors on Location with Tom Hill and Watercolors by Ron Ranson.

Some watercolor pencil sketches & a inprocess pastel drawing




Still experimenting with watercolor pencils. Like the bold colors in the Downer Ave old call box sketch.