Watching Bird

"Watching Bird"

5.5"x 8.5" graphite on 90 lb. paper

I got The Urban Sketcher by Marc Taro Holmes at Brushstrokes last week.  

It is so well thought out and inspiring that I had to rush out and get a new "sketch" book.  

The quick sketch above is my first.  I like the idea of the old binoculars with the paper mache bird. 

Most of my sketch books are for water media, so this paper feels really smooth. 

Below are pictures of my subjects and the new sketch book and the new book.

"Cedar Waxwing" in Lewisburg PA

"Cedar Waxwing"

5"x7"watercolor on 140# hot pressed paper

Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 100% cotton

A number of these birds have been hanging out in my backyard for the past week.  I think they are eating the berries from the hawthorn tree or maybe leftover crabapples.  They are definitely using the birdbath. This one is perched on a branch of the magnolia.

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Dale Engel Walker House

"Relaxing at the DaleEngleWalker House"
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7"x5" Micron and Watercolor on Hot pressed paper

Fabriano Artistico Traditional white 100% cotton

The reference photo for this watercolor was taken last April 

during the Merrill Linn Conservancy's first annual Plein Air demo and paint out.

They will be hosting the event again this coming April 26, 2015. 

Here is a link to find out more about the event. 

http://linnconservancy.org/about-us/plein-air/

Pennsylvania House Water Tower

"And Then It Was Gone"

The Pennsylvania House Water Tower

5"x7" watercolor 140# cold pressed paper

Fabriano Artistico Extra White 100% cotton

The Pennsylvania House water tower was taken done last year

 in order to build a new shopping plaza.  

It was the first thing I spied coming into town on Route 15.  

The furniture manufacturer left town a few years earlier. 

Most of the machinery was shipped to China.  

I took my reference photo last spring when 

there were still a few patches of snow and lots of puddles on the ground.

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"Purple Posies" from Team Brushstrokes

"Purple Posies"

7"x5"pen and ink with watercolor on 140# hot pressed paper

Fabriano Artistico Traditional White 100% cotton

 I received this lovely bouquet from Team Brushstrokes  

before I had my second cataract surgery last week. 

All went well and I completed this little painting today.

Thank you Brushstrokes!!

"Rooke Chapel", Spring 9x12

"Rooke Chapel"
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9"x12" watercolor on 140# cold pressed paper

Arches 10"x14"block

Finally finished the Rooke Chapel on Bucknell University campus.

I did the final tweeks yesterday.
Prints available soon

"Ice on the Susquehanna", near The Fence

"Ice on the Susquehanna"

5"x7" watercolor on 140# cold pressed paper

Fabriano Artistico Extra white 100% cotton

I stopped on my way home today at the Fence. 

(local riverfront eatery with carhop service, open summers only).

I got a few pictures of the river with a good bit of ice still on it. 

I scared some geese and ducks, but a few came back before I left.