Catching an Impression of Yellow Flag Irises
During the early months of Covid I didn’t go anywhere; I was listless and uninspired. We have the Sea Wall nearby but it was always packed with people. After seeing […]
Category Archives: Sketches
Artworks and Photos of a Screw Pine (Pandanus)
A pencil sketch of a Screw Pine that was just outside of our hotel’s restaurant patio in Mexico, done while sitting at the restaurant. I took a couple of reference […]
Close Examination: Artworks and Photos of Flag Irises
In April and May 2020, during the worst of the Coronavirus, I stayed inside and started painting irises from photos, not the way I usually like to work. These photos […]
Yuccas in Bloom, July’s Plant of the Month
The yuccas are in bloom this month in Vancouver. Watercolour painting in my sketchbook of a yucca that has grown tall enough to turn itself into a tree. This was […]
Inspiration from the Striated Rocks at Botany Bay on Vancouver Island
The rocks on the beach at Botany Bay are an intriguing compound rock consisting of striations of a black-slate like rock butting up against worn grey and white stone with […]
Textures of Rocks on the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland
These two images of rocks from Ireland are from two different places; the first is from Galley Head which had a mass of rocks I want to paint and the […]
Illustrating ‘Mercados’ for a Spanish Course
These illustrations are from the Soleado Spanish Course that I’m working on. I did the original illustrations in colour but they will be printed in black and white. This set […]
Whiffen Spit Inspiration
Whiffen Spit on Vancouver Island is more of a mood than a place making it hard to describe it. The spit is near Sooke on Vancouver Island on the West […]
The Seeds and Seed Pods of September
In September plants often produce small miracles in the form of seed pods and seeds. There’s something about these winged seeds that made me want to grab my sketch book and […]
Inspiration: Englishman River Falls
I made two sketching trips to Englishman River Falls; the first in 1994 with my friend and fellow sketcher, and the second a couple of years later when I drove over […]
