Thicker paint on board. Just having fun. Not sure about that shadow in the foreground.

A squishy version of a recent landscape. The thicker paint creates some visual vibration that I like.

I could no longer tolerate my last figure painting continuing to exist in this world. I cut it in half and this is the top half. I may use the bottom half to try this scene again. This was just supposed to be the underpainting to map out the shapes, but I feel like it concluded prematurely.

Another small, fast one before breakfast. Acrylic on paper. ​5.5x7”

Is anybody actually here or is it all bots and fake accounts?

I’m glad I’m not the only one. I think my brain too quickly crosses wires with viridian.

I skipped my pre-breakfast physical workout today to do a little painting workout instead. Many of my views are from a road. I usually omit signs and telephone poles and electric lines. Putting them into the painting once in a while creates a tension that provides some interest.

Just a small and quick cloud study after lunch today. Acrylic on paper.

This is the point where I decide to either leave it alone or start adding the texture and leaves to the trees and grasses. I’m gonna pin it to my wall and live with it the way it is for a while. For now it’s done. Acrylic on paper, 7x11” #acrylic #acrylicpainting #landscape #painting #pennsylvania

Trump wiped out $1.3 Billion owed by fraudsters... but remember forgiving the student loans is bad socialism. Liz Oyer (@lizoyer) is a former Pardon Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and a former Federal Public Defender, fired by Trump six moths ago. Follow her here:

Right-wing Sinclair Broadcasting owns all these local media stations and many others all across America. This is not journalism, it is scripted propaganda.

I finished that plein air sketch from Sunday morning. #pleinair #landscape #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting

I hadn’t painted outside in a while so it was nice to get out this morning. ​I think I might work on this more in the studio this week. #pleinair #landscape #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting

This one is as small as the recent landscapes but a little slower. I’ve had bad eyesight most of my life and it’s only getting worse with age. I wonder if that contributes to me being more attracted to blurrier paintings. ​ #acrylic #acrylicpainting #selfie #portrait

Not to brag but I didn’t even know who Charlie Kirk was until somebody shot him.

So Trump ends nonprofit, charitable aid that feeds the hungry. Ivanka Trump swoops in to buy the food from the farmers for a song and sells it though her FOR PROFIT business Planet Harvest. And out tax money goes to bail out the farmers for their losses.

And I did another quick, little landscape today. #landscape #painting #acrylic #acrylicpainting #worksonpaper

Much more careful drawing this time. I’m not used to starting with a finished drawing and filling in the shapes being careful to stay within the lines. I’m more accustomed to it being improvisational. The drawing happens as part of the process rather than a blueprint starting point. #watercolor

Two more today. Acrylic on paper. #landscape #painting #acrylics #acrylicpainting

Acrylic on paper. 15 minutes. #landscape #painting #acrylic #acrylicpaint #worksonpaper

5 hour pose today. Acrylics on paper. ​ #art #painting #sketch #acrylic #acrylicpaint #nudemodel #figurepainting #figuredrawing

Figure group today #figuredrawing #drawing #charcoal #charcoaldrawing #pencil #pencildrawing #nudemodel #sketch #sketchbook

My painting interests lately haven’t involved plein air painting, but this evening the weather here was so amazing I just had to get outside. Just a little sketch in my sketchbook. Nothing fancy. Just enjoying the beautiful day. ​#pleinair #watercolor #sketchbook

Trump added a new door in the White House.

If the government under republicans can take 10% of Intel then government under democrats should be able to take the bribes, grift, and profits Trump has made while in office. That money belongs to the citizens of the United States.

Watercolor on toned paper. I always squish heads. Too narrow. Tried to fix with gouache. Quit. Gonna try again with different paper. #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #selfie #portrait #artist

It’s AMAZING to watch CNBC everyday and lately watch Trumper after Trumper applaud the government taking share of corporations. Brad Gerstner today, “Listen, this is unconventional.” Unconventional? If Biden had done it he’d be screaming about socialism.

I did a light Googling and wind got $4.9 billion in tax credits in 2020. The highly profitable oil industry gets $20.5 billion per year in subsidies.

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It’s my last day of my last staycation of the season. I borrowed a hair dryer from my daughter and I’m back in business. I spent much of my day doing this little watercolor. #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #landscape #artist #art #pleinair #pennsylvania #landenberg

Done with this. #watercolor #watercolour #portrait #artist

I got frustrated painting watercolor clouds. So I switched to a little watercolor portrait. I’d like to drop in a tone for the background and jacket but I have some chores to do before my family gets home from the shore. I’m done for the day. #watercolor #portrait #artist

Chasing clouds today.

Goodbye old friend. My Mom bought me this hair dryer when I was in high school. I can’t even imagine the number of paintings it dried for me over its 36 years. It went out in a thick cloud of smoke right in the middle of some wet-in-wet exercises. My replacement will probably last 6 months.

This one looks like a row of soldiers from a scene in LOTR so I’m calling it Phalanx. I’m not happy with the foreground, but I’m tired of playing with it and want to move on to other projects so this is done (for now). I’ll probably fix it later. Oil on canvas, 12x18”

Trump claims Republicans are not adequately represented in Congress. A quick Google says that as of 2024 36 million Americans are registered Republicans. 45 million are Democrats. Seems like Congress is disproportionately representing voters but not the way he claims.

Sunday sketchbook. A half page sketch today from a photo I took yesterday morning. ​Watercolor + gouache. I think I may do this one larger in oils. #watercolor #gouache #sketch #sketchbook

It’s funny that the same people saying PBS should either be able to stand on its own or die are the same people who support bailing out farmers who suffer because of Trump’s tariffs.

Two quick plein air sketches this morning. Done at the same time. Added some gouache to the top one. Just chasing that atmospheric perspective. Ignored the cornfields. #pleinair #sketch #watercolor #watercolour #gouache #sketchbook

I find life drawing so challenging and so enjoyable at the same time. #drawing #figuredrawing #nudemodel #art #charcoal #pencil #lifedrawing

Evening sketch in my sketchbook. #pleinair #watercolor #sketch #sketchbook #painting

Took a paddle today on the Elk River in Elkton, MD. I hadn’t paddled in many years.

I’m on staycation this week and I’ve been laboring over a studio painting that I’m not liking very much. I needed a break and headed out to sketch. When I got to the parking lot I sat in the back of my car as I usually do but tonight I left the radio on and painted along with Ozzy. RIP

From now on my paintings are FREE! However, a suggested tip is appreciated.

Some figure work yesterday. ​#figuredrawing #nudemodel #charcoal #pencil #drawing

They voted for Chump because they thought tax money was going to welfare for immigrants. How much tax money is going to immigrants now?

Truffles was a big baby. She loved hiding in her forsythia bush. And her pink binky came with her when we got her as a puppy and she loved it her entire life. ​Acrylic. #acrylic #painting #petportraits #newfoudland #newfie

Here are my paintings from my staycation week. ​Started with oils, finished with watercolors. #pleinair #landscape #painting #oilpaint #watercolors #watercolours

So hot and sweaty this morning. I hate summer. But I wanted to get outside one last time for this staycation. My family will be home today. ​