Portrait group

I forget his name unfortunately. This was done on bristol board stretched and tinted with watercolor ahead of time, and the medium was conte pastel pencil.
We had a lovely lunch afterwards. What a great day! The sun is shining and I hear a blackbird singing in the backyard. I'm ready for plein air painting. Let's hope the weather cooperates.

Rathauss

Rathauss means "Townhall" in German. The old photo that I worked from was taken in Wimpfen and I have no idea if the building still exists. . I did some research online and found a town called "Bad Wimpfen".I looked for some similar buildings, and some of the roofs were dark red or grey. This helped me out a little, since the photo was in B&W.

Cloister Gate

Scene from the German town on Stein am Rhein. Image taken from old photo found in a book. I know- there's a drain in this one, too. I wasn't going to put it in, but it is there in the photo and is a lead-in.
These pen & inks don't really scan or photograph well (at least with my equipment!) they are brighter and sharper than what shows on the computer.

Montmartre

About 10x13. I would've worked only from the top right section of the photo (another of my sister's) , but I really liked the drain on the lower left. I added some fall leaves for two reasons: because when I was there many years ago, it was in the autumn, and because it helped me to integrate the foilage into the rest of the picture. For some reason, I always find wet fall leaves on a drain charming. I'll have to do a painting of just that some day.

Cateau

My sister was in France last week and emailed a few photos that I am working from. Cateau is in northern France. I had a great time working on this 9x12 picture. It wouldn't all fit onto my scanner- so this image is slightly cropped, especially at the top.

Painting for auction

This is a painting that I donated for a fundraiser silent auction. The event will take place this Sat. at Wachusett Mountain.

The website is: http://www.comercourage.org/

Coert

Today's model was the visiting son of a fellow portrait artist. Coert (pronounced "court") lives in Sweden and is possibly the tallest man I've ever seen. I stood just up above his elbow. He was a really great model and everyone was raving about his fantastic moustache.