The Great Pagoda, Kew Gardens, London
This is a quick gouache painting of the Great Pagoda at Kew Gardens, London.
Messing around with abstraction
I’ve recently decided to revisit abstraction. I did a lot of it in the 1990’s but haven’t been interested since then. But for some reason I’m suddenly interested again. This is my first experiment. I started with soft pastels and then moved to acrylic paints. I think it turned out ok, and plan to do a lot more. I feel like it may help with freeing my mind and creating my style. Even if not, it’s fun to play.
Sketching with Kyle
Sketching with Kyle at the Fisherman’s Terminal in Seattle.
The Church on the Corner
The Church on the Corner
Tulips in our parking strip
Tulips in our parking strip.
Cherry Blossoms down the street
Cherry Blossoms down the street.
Dried Flowers
Dried flowers.
Pool at our AirBnB in Palm Springs
Pool at our AirBnB in Palm Springs,
A house in Palm Springs, CA
A house in Palm Springs, CA.
Palm Springs AirBnB
We had a fabulous AirBnB in Palm Springs. The back yard looked out at a golf course, of course.
Linda Derschang
My portrait of the famous Seattle Restauranteur LindaDerschang.
Here Comes the Sun
After a rainy cool spring we were heading to Palm Springs, CA for a sunny weekend.
Drawing of Man Walking
Ink drawing of a man walking. I was trying some new drawing ink in a fountain pen.
A Few From My Sketchbook This Week
Pine Street Over I-5
This is the view from the new convention center in downtown Seattle looking east over Pine Street where is crosses over I-5.
Bridge Over Brouwersgracht
This is a bridge of the canal Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam, Netherlands not far from the Amsterdam Central train station. On a recent trip with my wife, this bridge was very close to our hotel and we walked over it often.
The DeLuxe
The DeLuxe Bar and Grill, the beloved hangout at the north end of Broadway in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.. This place has been a bar continuously since the end of Prohibition in 1933. The current ownership took over in 1962. They used to have something called Burgeroma on Wednesdays, and they still have the best burgers on Broadway.
View from the Mauritshuis
This is the view from the top floor of the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, looking out over the offices of the Prime Minister of the Netherlands.
Hofvijver
This is the Hofvijver (the court pond) in The Hague, Netherlands. I’ve recently gotten some acrylic inks and have been experimenting with them. They are similar to using watercolor, but when they dry they are permanent and can no longer be reactivated with water. This means you can do some interesting layering, and work from both light to dark, and dark to light.
Amsterdam Canal
My wife and I recently visited Amsterdam, and this is a drawing based on a photo I took.