sketchbook

Britannia Pub, Santa Monica

Britannia Pub, One

Britannia Pub, Two

At the Britannia Pub in Santa Monica for Fish and Chips (and Guinness). With Bob and Julie.

Sketches from Kern River

Kern River Colour Studies

Kern River

Sketches from our Kern River camping trip (June 2007).

Red Boy

Red Boy Sketch

An image from my sketchbook, created with acrylic and pen.

Angie and I went to see Joe Batt’s exhibition yesterday. I was really excited to see his work as I had seen a flyer for the exhibition that had depicted a whimsical ceramic hare in a bright yellow life-jacket. The show was small, but there were more of the wonderful hare figures. My favorite piece was ‘Traveling Hare’ which I drew above. These pieces were also very colourful as Joe had added coloured highlights with coloured pencil; the ‘Traveling Hare’ had a very fetching bright green backpack and pale blue belt.

To learn more about Joe Batt and his work, you can visit his web site at www.joebatt.com.

Blue Cage

blue cage

I’m still working on my college applications (lots of writing…), but here’s a sketch book image I did today as a break from writing. Acrylic and pen on paper.

Blue Jellies and Green Jars

blue jellies

green jars

Two sketches from my sketchbook. When I work on a painting I try and use up any leftover colours on my palette by creating coloured grounds in my sketchbook. These are two such coloured grounds with drawings overlaid in pen.