sketching and drawing

 Ok, its time for a little fun.   Doodling and drawing seems to be more fun for me right now than sitting down to try to paint a really nice painting.  These are all quick sketches that seemed fun to do at the time,  and looking at the result, I almost like them more than the more serious paintings I do.


This one is what it looks like.  The beer I had on Wednesday.  (yes, I know it was a work night.  I didn't over imbibe.)








Olivia carved her own pumpkin this year.  I don't remember what these holes were.  The eyes are kinda on the other side.  Well, it doesn't matter, and when it gets explained to you by a 4 year old, somehow it all makes sense (or not).

These are just two things I saw out the window and took a quick pencil to.  There is no real significance to them other than I am making an effort to draw a few things a day, even if they are mundane things like these, to keep in a little practice.

Cotchett Education Building

This is the Cotchett Education Building on Cal Poly's campus.  In the foreground you can just see the word Design, which is on the Architecture Building.  Expect to see a picture or two of that building in the coming weeks.

I love the way the trees turned out on this picture.  They look like they have movement and life too them.  I also like the purple plants in the planter in front of the word design.  

In judging this one I think I should have made the shadows on the building darker. I think that would have given more definition to the building.  Also, I think I am gonna start to draw in pen so that I can get leaves on the trees.  As you can see I have loose drawings underneath the paint.  Drawing it this way allows me to have a general shape to the tree, but not get bogged down with a "tree" shape so that I can then just put the color on and let the tree become a tree.    Hope you all enjoy this.

Building 186

Painted with my new paints.  This is the third floor landing of building 186.  I'm trying to do a more detailed drawings of what I paint.  In this painting I did the building outline, of course, but also the windows, window louvers, and even the railing.  It was hard to draw it and get it right, but I think I did  a pretty good job.

The worst thing about this painting is the railing in the foreground.  I tried to put some shadowing on it, but it just turned out as bad lines.  I like the windows a lot.  I think i did a pretty good job with the.  Yes the bottom row is blue/green.  They are panes of glass that let a little light through, but are not windows to look through

Tuesday Lunch

Alright, today I felt a bit rushed painting .  I still think my door turned out pretty well.  I think I am headed in the right direction with the stonework.  Maybe I should stay with that instead of the stucco like the building in the lower picture.

Hope you all enjoy these.