• Kaldi Coffee (Los Angeles, CA)

    Kaldi Coffee (Los Angeles, CA)

    Casein on Ampersand Gessobord I visited Kaldi Coffee this weekend, after dropping by CALA (Comic Art LA). My plein air cafe casein paintings have followed the same workflow as documented in these screenshots. I start with a rainbow colored pencil in order to establish my objects and that I get everything I need to in…

  • Cherry Bean (Salinas, CA) Watercolor and Gouache

    Cherry Bean (Salinas, CA) Watercolor and Gouache

    The Cherry Bean Gourmet Coffeehouse & Roastery is located in Salinas, CA in the heart of Oldtown Salinas. This is done with quite a limited palette of titanium white (gouache), zinc white (gouache), perylene maroon, quinacridone gold, burnt sienna (goauche), ultramarine blue (gouache), permanent yellow deep. My full palette can be found here. This has been…

  • Casein Painting Process: Starbucks Display

    Casein Painting Process: Starbucks Display

    Starbucks Display (Casein Painting) I visited Starbucks a while back and decided to do a casein painting of their display. Casein is by Richeson Casein, one of the very few fine art casein manufacturers I know. I’m using colors out of the Jack Richeson’s Gurney Pack and have been playing around with the limited amount…

  • Rosetta Stone Bookshelf in Casein (Process)

    Rosetta Stone Bookshelf in Casein (Process)

    The Rosetta Stone bookshelf at a Barnes and Noble, painted in casein.

  • Current Watercolor & Gouache Palette May 2017

    Current Watercolor & Gouache Palette May 2017

    While refilling some pans yesterday, I decided to jettison some colors I wasn’t using and add some colors I use a lot to my Pocket Palette. I usually carry a separate gouache and watercolor palette, so I decided to combine them in my smallest palette, saving on space and fuss. My color choices are just…

  • People Sketching 21st March 2017 (Tuesday)

    People Sketching 21st March 2017 (Tuesday)

    Went to the mall today to people sketch. Apparently it was closed for a few hours before I got there because of a gas leak? Everything was resolved when I went…I hope.

  • Pac Sun (Salinas, CA)

    Pac Sun (Salinas, CA)

    After an interview I sat down and drew this. I should have put more effort into portraying the inside of the store as opposed to putting flat washes. For next time. Also this is the first time I’ve worked across the spread! It’s a lot of fun and I see now why some people tote…

  • A Day in Monterey, CA (Sushi Donuts, Poison Oak Honey, and Balsamic Vinegar)

    A Day in Monterey, CA (Sushi Donuts, Poison Oak Honey, and Balsamic Vinegar)

    My friends and I went to Monterey this weekend to try out the sushi donuts from The Poke Lab. We also visited Monterey’s Tasty Olive Bar on Cannery Row (who knew olive oil and balsamic vinegar could taste really good?) and Water + Leaves on the Fisherman’s Wharf (I really wanted to try that poison oak honey). I…

  • One Week, 100 People (#oneweek100people2017)

    One Week, 100 People (#oneweek100people2017)

    I did the One Week, 100 People challenge (#oneweek100people2017) this week! It was a lot of fun. Some things I’ve learned… I got more comfortable with my paints, being able to mix a little more intuitively. How to express people simply. You don’t need to make lots of complicated marks to get an likeness. Noodler’s Heart…

  • Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Fanart

    Homura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) Fanart

    Watercolor piece of Akemi Homura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Sketched it over the weekend and painted it yesterday.