Painting the new year, 2014...

Painting the new year, 2014..., a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

New stylus

New stylus, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

At the end of this year of 2013, i have received two new stylus devices. I have tested over fifteen models and have my favorites. Maybe these two will become new favorites.

New stylus testing

New stylus, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

At the end of this year of 2013, i have received two new stylus devices. I have tested over fifteen models and have my favorites. Maybe these two will become new favorites.

Houston Hobby Airport, gate 51

Houston Hobby Airport, gate 51, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Late late afternoon scene at gate 51

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Seasons greetings from the Building Energy modeling fashion show event....

rebar Bazooka construction

rebar Bazooka, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Men at work weaving rebar into the core element of a new building on Mission, San Francisco...

Tech and the City, Godzilla and San Francisco

Tech and the City, Godzilla and San Francisco, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

the recent news articles and posts about the adverse reactions against the tech-sters has provoked me to create this view, Tech "Kaiju" and the City by the bay...

ATLANTA. Gate B 25 view, early evening...

Looking at the darker background with light color lines for contours and definition.

And a detail closeup of the terminal tower, more abstract than ever....

Sunday at the DeYoung for viewing David Hockney and outdoor hide and seek fun...

 

 

A very cool and calm Sunday at the De Young museum, the views inside of the amazing colors and extra dimensions of David Hockney, and then the crisply edged views outside in the irregular sculpture garden and too soon to be closed cafe...perfect for running around and playing hide and seek...

Diamonds among pearls in the rough

Diamonds among pearls in the rough, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A view of two shop buildings, Boss and Tods, on Omotesando dori...a set of diamonds among pearls in the rough...

My Thanksgiving Menu

My Thanksgiving Menu, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

An illustrative chalk on blackboard menu art piece in a photograph by Taka Sakamoto...

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Visions and introspections and palpable spaces...

Just a simple text posting, inspirational writing from a fellow artist, Christopher Benson.

"...What inspired me at the time was how antithetical to illustration Diebenkorn’s pictures were. His innovation of blending abstraction and figuration in the most mundane domestic subjects is so well known, and now so clichéd as a stylistic device, that it’s easy to overlook how dramatically that sort of approach changed the way we look at and experience paintings. 
This was a revolution that the Impressionists had started a century earlier, but Diebenkorn’s later efinement of many of their same principles — by then also affected by the pure expressive abstraction of New York school painters like deKooning — is an outstanding realization of the potential of this  kind of art. His images, taken from clearly regional Californian places, transcend the constraints of the local (and any specific emotions he might have felt about his own locale) and record a vision both introspective and universal.
His earnestly un-romanticized, yet aesthetically beautiful surfaces and compositions describe one narrow world with great specificity while maintaining a remoteness and neutrality onto which anybody anywhere might plausibly project their own experience. Perhaps that was not his intention, but it is nonetheless what he accomplished in his figurative work..."

...earlier landscape view painting layered sereis, set into moss garden mid springtime...

Close up of the Thanks recipes and illustrations

...these views show a detail of the illustrations and a screen shot of the Ipad drawing process...

 

Thanks, recipes and illustrations from our client appreciation party at the Gensler San Ramon office, this version printed on two sides with ten recipes and ten hand-drawn illustrations...

 

 

 

Thanks, recipes and illustrations as a take-away item...

Thanks, recipes and illustrations, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Thanks, recipes and illustrations from our client appreciation party at the Gensler San Ramon office, this version printed on two sides with ten recipes and ten hand-drawn illustrations...

An urban woman in Tokyo under construction

A view
underconstruction, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Portrait of the new urban woman in Tokyo

lantern and wall at Meiji shrine

lantern and wall at Meiji shrine, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A painted view of the passage sequence at the Meiji shrine, Tokyo...

aoyama riviera club tokyo

aoyama riviera club tokyo, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A view from the hotel looking down on the Riviera Club building and surrounds, and a tilt-shift filter application for cool...

Via Flickr:
A view from the hotel looking down on the Riviera Club building and surrounds, and a tilt shift filter application

View of Tokyo sky tree from Asakusa

View of Tokyo sky tree from Asakusa, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A painted view from the top floor of the tourist center in Asakusa...

Baisoin temple

Baisoin temple, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A lesser known project by Kengo Kuma, the Baiso-in temple, viewed from the 13 th floor of Tokyu stay hotel in Aoyama, Tokyo...

Masu and Sake, painted view

Masu and Sake, painted view, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Tokyo, Japan trip

Tokyo, Japan trip, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Map sketch of the Tokyo trip and visit...

Jot Touch pen test, Create!

 

 Testing out the new Jot Touch stylus, a bluetooth pressure sensitive device, with adobe ideas,

 unique and different...

Principal's meeting, 2013, Gensler in Chicago

Principals meeting for Gensler in Chicago ,

The full vertical format painted view of the meeting in Chicago...a set of illustrations combined and mashed together to document the meeting and events and issues discussed at the weekend event.

Gensler Principals meeting 2013 in Chicago

GenslerPrincipalsmeeting2013Chicago, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

the base portion of the vertical format painted view of the meeting in Chicago...a set of illustrations combined and mashed together to document the meeting and events and issues discussed at the weekend event.

Chicago pizza at Gino's East...

Chicago pizza, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Deep dish delights at this classic spot off of Michigan Avenue...painted with adobe ideas iPad version...

Tower Studies view of test post for gif file

 

 

Taking a look at a very very simple try with a gif file format for the tower studies...this might lead to something new and cool...

 

Counting rocks with my daughter in Japanese...

 

 

On a warm Sunday morning, sitting outside on the patio, counting rocks in Japanese with my daughter...great fun....

I remember back in 1991 of my life, starting up with early lessons of Japanese, and practising first attempts of hand lettering and kanji numbers...and then I went to Japan and stayed in Asia for over 13 years...

Yellowstone buffalo roam

Yellowstone buffalo roam , a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

The shutdown of our government has also resulted in a closure of National Parks...the buffalo are free to roam...

Inspirational talk by Candy Chang, Leaders Breakfast, IIDA

An inspirational Talk on Wednesday morning, by the artist, Candy Chang.  Held at the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco, by the IIDA...Multi-dimensional and social network crossover coolness captures the essence of our dreams, needs and realities.  She now lives in New Orleans (bonus points!) and speaks about the amazing uniqueness of the city and the people.  Her focus is always on the person, the soul, and how we all need to help each other and pull our society back up out of the mud...these are my notes...

 

Hangar at Midway, Chicago

Hangar at Midway, Chicago, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Traveling back to the west coast, time for hangar views and painting...

Meeks Bay, Lake Tahoe

Meeks Bay, Lake Tahoe, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Painted view of the beach landscape at Meeks Bay, Lake Tahoe...

9/11 memoria

9/11 memoria, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

The lake and the stone hut

One morning down by the rocky edge of the lake waters in Tahoma, I spied a stone hut, possibly a boat storage hut perched above the water line and out of reach from the cold lake waters...my favorite part of this drawing is the deep green darkness of the silhouette of the trees...

Furniture study sketch patterns

Furniture study sketch patterns, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

New technique, version 3.0, sketch study

Boat House at Erhman site

Boat House at Erhman site, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A painted view of the beautiful and simple wooden boathouse, within the structure the Comanchee speedboat rests...

Lake Tahoe, Da Ow A Ga, dock and swimmers, divers and gazers...

...the completed painted view of the wood dock at the Sugar Pine Point State Park beach, Lake Tahoe...The Native American Washoe tribe inhabited the Tahoe region years and years ago and considered the area as the epicenter of their universe . The Washoe called the lake and the area "Da ow a ga", roughly translated to "edge of the lake". The first white visitors to the area heard the sounds and mispronounced this name, and called it "Tahoe". The name remained in this Anglicized form until present times.

Lake Da ow a ga, Lake Tahoe,

A detail dive...

 

 

Lake Da ow a ga, Lake Tahoe, , a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

and a sliced portion of the painted view, pier at Suger Pine Point State Park...Tahoe...

Map aerial Tahoe painting

Map aerial Tahoe painting, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

A sample painted version of the map portion showing LakeTahoe water hues and lines to the forest ...

Tahoe Tahoe

The wonderful waters of Lake Tahoe has inspired thousands of artists and creators to deeper thoughts about time and nature...

Cabo, beach setting, Baja, Mexico, featured in Interior Design magazine

 

... a lengthy morning time lapse before the sun reached its full power, painted sketch view of the transect from hotel down to the ocean edge,  ipad digital tablet...

detail view of the places and settings above the white sand for relaxation and refreshment of the mind and soul...

and then don't forget the map...

 

 

part of the notebook version from the Northwest road trip, a handdrawn and colored map showing a portion of the ferry route from Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo on the island...maps are such a wonderful way of remembering where you have been and where you may want to go...

Interior Design Digital magazine

http://www.interiordesign.net/slideshow/3428-Q_What_s_Your_Artistic_Outlet_.php?photoId=437840&photoUrl=/photo/437/437840-_Currently_finishing_a_set_of_drawings_inspired_by_a_visit_to_Baja_California_I_m_also_exploring_abstracted_landscape_paintings.jpg

A feature of work by architects and interior designers in the digital magazine version...

ferry wait time to vancouver island

ferrywait, a photo by douglaswittnebel on Flickr.

Waiting for the BC Ferry to travel from the mainland over to Nanaimo on the island of Vancouver, and then down to Victoria...painted with adobe ideas on ipad from the drivers seat...a wonderful chance to draw and paint and stroll down to the fruit stand for fresh blueberries and strawberries...