What the sunflower dropped– August Sketchbook; graphite, watercolor, colored pencil These little study sketches are my favorite way to learn about something: find it, marvel, draw, marvel… repeat: The pomegranate blossoms fell– August...
A sketch of the Russian River at noon, looking upstream from Sunset Beach Watercolor and graphite -So green!
Three days in July: a garden sample of insects and other arthropods Gouache on plaster Each spent just a few minutes in my glass jar, while I quickly painted– California Lady-beetle Blue Milkweed Beetle Ant Honey Bee Goldenrod Crab Spider Skipper moth Pillbug, 2...
Hazelnuts, a sketch in watercolor, colored pencil and graphite The squirrels are cleaning up under a hazelnut tree. Just a few left– KA
Garlic seed head watercolor and graphite Sometimes you just have to drop everything and draw. I let one garlic bulb bloom and was rewarded with a flowering spathe and then seeds (bulbils). This is a study for a rendering of the whole plant: bulb of garlic cloves with...
All I did this entire day was a sketch… the Gualala River, in Sonoma County, just inland from its mouth at the Pacific. I also I watched other people skip stones, and canoe, and kayak. -KA
