Gray day haze

It was a cool week of weather here in socal so I practiced some color study at the lagoon...with a knife...

Van oil brushy sketch

I've been wanting to start on my brushwork with color so I did this in workshop as a start...

Swamis more knife

Been busy, here's some more knifing..

Oil quicksketch

I had a little paint left over and did a 25 min quick sketch outdoors with some fruit. I need to work on my brushmanship...

Palette knife wetland

I'm learning more about color and light effects but its really hard in practice..this is another plein air knife sketch

Figure with palette knive

I didn't get to finish it but it was my first attempt a painting a figure using just the knife...a lot of mixing and a lot of paint...

Yours truly...in charcoal

Not the clearest photo of it . But I'm happy with the original...