another view of the Chicago sights...

From the lower levels of the Merchandise Mart, a view looking to the south...showing the river and the bridge and tower...a sketchbok pro painting on the iPad...

Chicago impression in the rain

An early morning view of Chicago in the rain, a painted view from sketchbook app on digital tablet...the city of Chicago has wonderful variety of buildings and settings... and here is a link to my sketches from last year and visit to the city

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dougwittnebel/sets/72157619885469193/

Chicago...a return to sketch the city on the digital pad device...

Back in the wonderful city of Chicago for a set of meetings and the Neocon event, and like last year, I have to take some time out to visit some of my favorite sites and create some painted views of the buildings.  The first scene is the pairing of the Wrigley building and the Tribune Tower, at the bend of the river.  These were drawn on the iPad with the sketchbook pro app.   More to come...

Atlas Stair Building Co. Building sketch trials

 first view and sketch trial

2901 22nd street in the Mission District of San Francisco is the address of an unusual building that must have a interesting history to reveal...my focus was to capture some views with texture tests in sketchbook pro and then see what happens next...will post to flickr also...

a painting of a cake...

A selection of stages in the process of creating a cake painting, with the artrage app on the ipad, a delicious combination of frosting and layers and textures and colors...

“Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken.”

-M.F.K. Fisher

Common objects become strangely uncommon when removed from their context and ordinary ways of being seen. (Wayne Thiebaud)

"You may feel that you have eaten too much...But this pastry is like
feathers - it is like snow. It is in fact good for you, a digestive!"

M.F.K. Fisher (The Art of Eating)

container ship on the bay

a painterly sketch image of a container ship on the san francisco bay...this will lead to more explorations of this theme...

artist studio

If I had a studio for painting some of the images in my mind, it might look something like this...this was created using the artstudio and brushes app on the ipad device