At our friends weekend house they have what they call is a Red Neck Hot Tub. It is a galvanized horse trough with 6 cut logs around it to sit on. It is filled with cold water and you sit and relax over cocktails with your feet and legs hanging in the tub to cool off. Great idea and wonderful to use. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick watercolor sketch under a grape arbor at the Langtry vineyards. Beautiful location overlooking the valley and a lake beyond. Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
We were in San Francisco during Fleet Week and Columbus Day Holiday. The city hosts a 2 day air show featuring the Blue Angels, the U.S. Navy’s precision air team. Growing up, my dad and I would go to a couple of air shows a year and I have always loved seeing the Blue Angels. This was my first experience in a city. The sound reverberating off of the buildings was amazing and you could not tell what direction the planes were. This was just practice for the weekend show. Still really cool seeing the planes over the city and flying low over the bay. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick watercolor sketch in my sketchbook. Sunset from the dining room of Clint Eastwood’s Mission Ranch. Holbein watercolors and ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A quick, small sketch of an Agave plant in my sketchbook. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Carolyn Lord workshop Day 2. Painting Plein Air at Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove, California. Holbein watercolors on an Utrecht #140 watercolor block.
First workshop watercolor.
A beautiful morning at Point Lobo a State Park in Carmel, California. Wonderful rocky shoreline with crashing waves and sea lions barking in the distance. Pilot Falcon with Noodler’s Bulletproof black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Our fall trip to California has begun with a great flight on Virgin America. Virgin logo in ink and watercolor on the plane.
The cottages and structures in Carmel by the Sea are beautiful. This small English style cottage had an amazing wavy roof and half timber walls. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodlers black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 