Tawas Bay

8 x 10 pastel on sanded paper

Well, it was finally a little cooler today in Northern Michigan so I ventured out and did a little painting. It was still in the 90's (with humidity) so I didn't venture for long. Boy did that water look inviting!

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Sturgeon Point

8 x 10 pastel on sanded paper

We're up North in Michigan this week! I've been looking forward to painting here again. Unfortunately, we weren't expecting a heat wave! Yesterday: 102 degrees / 90% humidity. Brutal!

Needless to say, I haven't been out painting very much. But this morning I couldn't stand waiting any longer so I packed up and hit the shoreline early before the heat got too bad. I'll tell you one thing - what a great way to learn to paint quickly!

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Sketches

6 x 6 gouache on Aquaboard

Did a couple of little studies in gouache tonight...

6 x 8 gouache on watercolor paper

Heat Wave

6 x 12 oil on linen panel

We've been having some crazy heat this last week so I headed down to the shoreline lagoon to try and cool down. I got there about 7 am and it was cooler alright but you could tell that is was going to cook. The air was thick and still and the light was very hazy. So that's what I went for.....

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Zion!

9 x 9 pastel on sanded paper

I saw something on TV last night that reminded me of a late evening that I spent in Zion NP last fall. Fortunately I had a photo that I took so I revived the moment on paper...