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Quirky Self Portrait

This quirky self-portrait was another assignment for my students last fall semester. I decided to complete one as well and add some limited color with colored pencil

Christmas at Crossroads United Methodist Church

Practicing what I preach. (Bad Pun intended.) I encourage my students to draw what is in front of them. This is a recent sketch of mine where I took my own advice. Christmas at Crossroads United Methodist Church, Grand Junction, Colorado this year.

Lime on Kennedy

When school started up last August, I had to use a new parking lot since the old one was now part of a new construction project. When I pulled in that first morning, I saw this beautiful lime green frame house glowing in the sun beyond a really dilapidated old wood fence. I knew as soon as I saw it, that I had to capture that light at that moment.

Larimer Street View

A view of Larimer Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. I love this street for some of the shops, food and the general atmosphere. This was done with ink and colored pencil.

more trees...

The Piney Woods

I spent a good portion of my spring break last month in the Piney Woods of East Texas. There are lots of pine trees there and I spent some time drawing them. These were done in my Moleskine Cahier journal. I love the paper, ignoring the lines and adding color. They were just fun to do. 

Hope you enjoy them.

Detail from Across the Tracks

... a detail from Across the Tracks in the previous post. This one was a lot of fun to do during my sketchbook course last fall semester. 

Across the Tracks

Across the Tracks... is a view from the train station in Grand Junction, Colorado last fall.

The Colorado National Monument is in the Distance, and there are lots and lots of trees with varying stages of fall colors. The houses are separated from the tracks and roads by a simple white fence. And that makes for a nice precise line across the page in my Strathmore Toned Gray Paper sketchbook.

Another View from the Tabeguache Trailhead

This is the Colorado National Monument as can be seen in the distance from the Tabeguache Trailhead off of Monument Road. 

Mt. Garfield from Riverbend Park

I keep drawing Mt. Garfield when I get a chance and here was the view of the mountain above the trees at Palisade's Riverbend Park last fall semester.

Mt. Garfield is a distinctive mountain formation in this area and can be seen around mile marker 42 on Interstate 70. It is part of the Bookcliff mountain range in western Colorado and Eastern Utah.