Here are images from my second day at the Vermont Art Event for Holbein. I did two demonstration paintings of Philippe's Restaurant and a painting of a sunset in Redlands
Valley.
After the classes were done, I went over to the Holbein Warehouse to film some videos for the Holbein You Tube channel.
This is the first day's demonstrations: the Athenaeum at Cal Tech, a night scene of the Vista del Arroyo, and the Pasadena Train Station at night.
Every few years I fly to Vermont to teach at an annual art workshop sponsored by Holbein. Getting there is an all-day affair so I have a lot of time to sketch and paint. Here are some quick sketches from this year's trip. I arrived at LAX a few hours early, so I found a table at Ruby's Dinette and worked for a while.
I also like to get a seat in the waiting area with a good view of the action. And, there is always plenty of time to sketch the scene from inside the plane.
We held a garage sale yesterday and during a break in the action, I did this quick sketch of the houses across the street. I used my Uniball Micro pen, a Pentel Sign Pen and Holbein transparent watercolor, adding a few splashes to give it some energy. This was done in my Aquabee Super Deluxe sketchbook.
Here are two recent paintings I did of Pasadena. They were done on Arches hot press paper with a pen drawing and Holbein transparent watercolor with accents of white gouache. These are small paintings measuring 6" x 6". I will be mounting them to a 2" deep cradled hardboard panel.
Here are a couple of sketches I did last weekend in San Diego. They are quick little studies done with a Sanford Uniball in an Aquabee Super Deluxe sketchbook. I will add some sparse color later in the studio.
This is a quick sketch of a church in Whittier, California. I am experimenting with drawing less and painting more. I took about three minutes to make the sketch, paying no attention to detail - I just outlined the big shapes and remembered the values. I ignored the cars, just letting the paint go right over them. The windows are mere strokes of dark grey, and the people just blobs. This is a very small sketch: 6" x 9", done in my Aquabee sketchbook. I am pleased with the effort because it has an energetic looseness, a sense of light and dark, and an interesting composition.
