Chalk and Black board project

 

Two of my favorite sketchbooks from Sketches and Travel

 

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Wall graphic design study

Pine cone study at the lake.

Lake Tahoe and the tiny sketchbook with a painted view from Rosie's Cafe

A 5 mile bike ride with the family up the side trail of the Truckee River and back to Rosie's cafe for lunch and some time for a quick sketch paint view from the outdoor deck of the restaurant...

Drawings from the past..

Water spouting turtles, lions and griffons...

Dragon turtles, lions, griffons and other marble creatures spout water into the pool at the Marriott...

Town square studies on the weekend, traditional ink on paper

Weekend sketchbook travels in the park, some sketch views of a town square study for the city of San Ramon, California...welcome trip back to using my favorite Tradio pen on paper...

Alamo Square, San Francisco, design local

Participated in a great event with Mannington over the weekend, inspiration and energy from six local designers including myself to try to capture some of the essence and personality of the city of San Francisco...here was one of the plein air digital paintings from that session...

Bodega Bay, early morning fog

Early in the morning over the weekend, heavy wet fog blanket over the Bay of Bodega, a painted version of the pale light and effects of the view looking north from the Tides restaurant...a nice spot for breakfast...and a wonderful way to view the changing light effects and the early morning fishin and clam digging men and women in the mud flats...sketchbook pro version...

Ronald Reagan, gate 33

Monument detail

"... It is sometimes called the City of Magnificent Distances, but it might with greater propriety be termed the City of Magnificent Intentions."

-- American Notes, Charles Dickens

Full painted image view from gate 33

Capitol detail

Last Sunday return times from D.C. at Ronald Reagan airport, looking back from gate 33, over the Potomac River towards the Capitol building and the Washington monument.  A unique viewpoint for me, and a perfect opportunity to try the newer layers on adobe ideas after finally successfully merging from the old versions...

Meeting and presentation in D.C. for Gensler University

...from Thursday to Saturday of last week, the Gensler University group held meetings and discussions that led to the creation of a presentation at noon on Saturday.  There was such a wonderful explosion of creative energy and thoughts within the group breakouts and it was fascinating to participate in the assembly of the best ideas into a one hour synopsis of five months of research and investigation.  More to come in the very near future...

This painting created in adobe ideas on the ipad captures the set up and the audience with video links to other gensler locations.

A view of Seattle

A quick visit to Seattle for design directors meetings at the Gensler Seattle office.  A painted view of the areas west and north of the downtown area, a mixture of the industry and signas and metal work and masonry...adobe ideas on ipad...

Russian Chapel at Fort Rossia, Fort Ross, Northern California

A selection of watercolor images of the chapel at the settlement established by the Russians on the northern coast of California...

The Crescent City

A quick trip down to my hometown of New Orleans allowed some time to do some sketches of the old parts of the city and the riverboat scenes...have not been back since Katrina...and will now be focused on making a slide show of my visit to the Lower Ninth Ward...

The end of the year approaches, and the natural way to prepare for the next year is to go through the flotsam and jetsam of the past and decide what needs to be thrown into the dark oblivion. Three old and highly treasured sketchbooks have been found in my boxes and it is time to post some interesting sketches from Japan. My first visits to Japan in 1992 and 1993 were a wonderful eye-opening time, and as I look back, I am amazed at how many wonderful spaces and objects I had captured and observed. I will plan to add a set of sketches each week for the next few months...