My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
An assignment for a watercolor painting class at Ohlone College. My professor helped us see glass not as a challenge, but by painting observationally exactly what we saw, the objects came out more realistically than by painting what we thought it should look like. After all, painting realistically is really just a collection of abstract shapes arranged appropriately.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
One of my first gouache attempts with my new himi gouache set. A student of mine led a gouache demo that opened my eyes and my creative world to this medium.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
My partner created a challenge for me to create as realistic still life paintings as I could. We arranged objects on paper and took an aerial photo for the references.
an assignment from a watercolor class through Ohlone College. I placed lemons and oranges behind the vases to add some color.
These radishes came right out of my garden. I placed them on white paper and took an aerial photo for the reference.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
One of my earlier paintings of mushrooms. This one sold at a painting demo on Main Street in Pleasanton, CA.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
We received a lot of rain in December of 2021, making the mushrooms in California diverse and plentiful. I went on a mushroom painting rampage, working to depict the many forms they took.
A birthday card for my partner's sister. I painted fruits and plants of California that ripen at different times in the year, culminating with the pumpkin during her birthday month of October.