Acrylic Painting

I'm back in Santa Cruz for Christmas vacation, and I found a little painting I did last summer on the beach. It was overlooking a little creek/river thing that runs into the sea, and the water ripples there were very interesting. Sorry the photo is a bit blurry.

I also found a few studies I did that same day. It really helps to do a quick tonal thumbnail before starting a painting.

Ipad paintings

I'm gearing up for Christmas vacation, so to get in the spirit, here are a few Ipad paintings I did the last time I flew to Wyoming. A painting of the plane wing en route, and a few REALLY quick ones I did each in about 30 seconds on a drive through Wyoming.

The scenery was changing at a ridiculous pace, from rolling foothills to rocky canyons to big hills with large green bushes. As a kid I thought Wyoming was kind of ugly, but now I'm starting to see the appeal. Big, bleak windswept areas have a certain charm after living in cities for a few years.

Color Sketches

I've been trying something new lately, painting 30 minute digital paintings from random photos, just trying to capture the overall light effect and color as quickly as possible. I don't know a lot of the tricks to speedpainting, so I'm just using a round or a square brush for everything. Here are a few of them:

They're nothing much to look at; more of a learning tool. I'm hoping these will help me in getting more accurate light effects when I'm trying to paint from my imagination later.