Recent Posts Tagged With 'califonia'

• Old Town Panorama

  Posted on Thursday February 5th, 2009 at 09:00 in art, drawing, illustration, watercolor, etsy, ink, old, watercolour, auburn, banderas, city scene, califonia

  This view is across the wide street in lower Auburn, California, which shows the old firehouse, the post office, and some very old bars. Normally, there are many more cars on the road but my scene shows only parked ones. This part of town gets a lot...

• Beneath The Highway

  Posted on Monday February 2nd, 2009 at 20:00 in painting, watercolor, ink, highway, galleria, watercolour, shadows, califonia

  I found a spot beneath a highway interchange in Roseville near the Galleria shopping center. The railroad tracks were located between me and the wire fence. The swishing of traffic on the roadway above made for a noisy sketching session. I drew this...

• Time To Gamble At Lake Tahoe North

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 10:25 in Gambling, painting, Casinos, watercolor, mountains, ink, lake tahoe, neon, nevada, signs, watercolour, pine trees

  During the end of May we took a trip to Lake Tahoe to see a friend and have lunch. I was excited to take my art equipment and camera. I planned to sketch outdoors as well as take photographs of the lake. Unfortunately, the day was gray, dark and col...

• My Old Hotel

  Posted on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 08:15 in painting, watercolor, ink, old, watercolour, auburn, califonia

  I previously posted this in black and white. I am re-posting now that I applied watercolor which I believe makes this art much more interesting. This ornate building sits in the middle of uptown Auburn, California, and is now called the Auburn Prome...

• Hotel Del Coronado Revisited

  Posted on Wednesday April 16th, 2008 at 09:10 in drawing, Hotel, san diego, watercolor, ink, resort, watercolour, califonia, del coronado

  Each time I return to San Diego, I try to visit some of my favorite spots. One of my favorites is the Hotel Del Coronado located across the bay from downtown San Diego. This structure and its surrounding grounds are absolutely beautiful especially wh...

• Japantown

  Posted on Wednesday August 15th, 2007 at 19:55 in drawing, san francisco, watercolor, ink, watercolour, japantown, hotel tomo, califonia

  In mid-July, we took a trip to San Francisco to attend the grand opening celebration for the Hotel Tomo located in Japantown. My son Derek is the manager and he coordinated the multi-million dollar renovation of this property. We had an "in" so we go...

• San Diego Mission

  Posted on Sunday July 29th, 2007 at 10:15 in drawing, san diego, watercolor, ink, historical, sketch, pen, watercolour, missions, cathedral, rapidograph, califonia

  San Diego de Alcala, the first of the great California Missions, marks the birthplace of Christianity in the far West. It is California's first church. Built in 1769 and refurbished in 1931 it remains an active parish for worshippers in the area. I l...