Exploring Brick

I have decided to start a watercolor sketchbook. It is often too hard with a little one to find a good chunk of time to complete a painting or larger size, but as I have been following several Urban Sketchers online I have decided that it would be fun to explore this world and get my skills back to producing art. The artist bug has really bit me these days and I have been doing lots of fun spontaneous ink and wash sketches but also got my outdoor kit going to do a watercolor sketch. It has been a while since I have been serious with watercolor as most everything I have produced in the last several years has been 4X6 in watercolor while only producing larger works with acrylic. So, here is to getting back into the world of color and expression. I did this Exploring Brick as a watercolor while my little one played in the backyard. It was great fun and I finished it later inside remembering the light and the windy day. It is a watercolor size 7.5" by 11" it is the size I have decided to make my travel sketch watercolor pad. This pad was also my first attempt at binding myself which was great fun. I hope you all enjoy.

Through the Window, painting

So, this is one of the paintings that I have worked on this semester at Art Awakenings. The title is Through the Window. This is a 10 by 20 inch painting. It is an acrylic of a photo that I took somewhere in town, Tucson, AZ a long time ago. It is my first real geometrical painting because of the shelves. It was a challenge, but fun. I have in the past done perspective with buildings and structures only in pencil and charcoal.