New Smyrna Beach Paint Out 2018

New Smyrna Beach2018

The first week of December 2018, found us in New Smyrna Beach. I was invited to participate in the annual New Smyrna Beach paint out so Janet and I actually drove all the way from Kerhonkson to this Florida beach town, loading up the Forester with frames and clothing and hoping for the best.

These are a few of the paintings I painted during this weeks efforts,

Endless Summer

Path to the Beach

Along the Boardwalk

Billy's Truck

  Live Oak Sentinel

Paddlers Rest

Rudy Calao and Rockport

Rudy Calao and Rockport

Painter and friend, Rudy Calao was kind enough to let me bring a group of students into his studio in June of 2011 and these are a few pictures I took of the event along with a little video.

Rudy passed In October of 2014 and we shall all miss him.

Robert Holden has an excellent blog entry about Rudy and it is highly recommended.

Find it here: http://paintinglifestories.blogspot.com/2016/01/rudys-legacy.html

Rudolph N. “Rudy” Colao’s life and career are lovingly recounted in an obituary published in the Gloucester Daily Times on Oct. 11, 2014, which can be read online. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/obituaries/rudolph-n-colao/article_b28e8ad5-19f9-5b7c-9f77-c308f7be91be.html

How to make your own reed pens for drawing

How to make your own reed pens for drawing

Tiepolo Drawings

Tiepolo Drawings

The amazing sketchbook drawings of  Domenico Tiepolo.

Some new sketches

From Life Class

Rye Art Center Paint Out

Painters on Location and Art Auction

September 28th 2013

My Painting "Rye Sunset and Kirby Lane" is featured on the promotional

material for this event. I will also be participating in this annual plein air event.

nice poster but a little weirdness going on with the photoshop treatment

the original painting

More Figure Drawings

Doing my best to draw every day.
On grey Canson, Pan Pastel, NuPastel chalks, and Winsor Newton willow charcoal

on Reeves BFK with Pan Pastel ground,NuPastel chalks.

Huguenot Street Plein Air

Huguenot STreet Day and the artists are out in force.

Sumi Brush watercolor figures

Done with Hake and Sumi brush along with  Reed Pen using Yasutomo Sumi black and vermillion ink
 on Canson Biggie Sketch
and Strathmore 400 18" x 24"

Unison Model gives concert while artists draw

We had a great treat at sketch class at Unison the other evening when Stuart arranged to have the model, who is also an accomplished cellist, perform a series of etudes and sonic inventions whilst the figure class drew the 25 minute poses.

Ssumi brush figure drawings

Here's a few brush drawings from last week....

The Watercolor Figure

Watercolor in Sepia:  Sumi Brush and Reed Pen

Sketch Class Drawings

Here's a bunch of the latest , including some Sumi brush drawings with traditional black and vermillion ink

Falling Water State Park

The falls and the sinkhole gorge at Falling Water State Park
Falling Waters State Park is a 171-acre Florida state park located three miles south of Chipley, Washington County in northwestern Florida. The park contains a 73-foot waterfall, the highest in the state.