Barn in a Vineyard

This is a made up scene from the sketch posted below. As Pam was driving I did sketches of grape vines as we drove thru wine country. I worked on a surface called Sabretooth Cream in a variety of pastels. The sketch is from my Stillman and Birn sketchbook.

Parker fountain pen and watercolor.

More Trial Sketches

This sketch includes the judge, defendant and one of the defense team.

The judge and two renderings of the lead defense attorney.

I did this sketch during the voir dire. It includes people sitting next to me in the jury box and the lawyers. I worked with a medium Pitt artist pen to do the ink sketches. Later I added Daniel Smith watercolors.

Garden Corner

I was in California for a few days. It was a bittersweet visit as Pam's father had passed away. She didn't feel like getting out and about along the coast. So I took advantage of her beautiful garden and tried to take care of her. She had lots of items from her parents home strewn about the house that made for beautiful still life paintings. I also was testing out various sketchbooks from Stillman and Birn. Its now one of my favorite product lines. I took lots of photos but my focus was on sketching and painting with the intent of making larger paintings from those sketches.