I feel fortunate to count photographer, Kevin Briggs, as a long time friend. He was kind enough to send me cards of his recent work and you can check out his beautiful Alaska landscape photography here. Kevin’s work captures what Alaska means to me.
Crystal Springs ~ again...
Watercolor, Pitt pen and gouache sketch from a trip to the garden a couple of days ago. Thank you to Jacqueline Newbold for the ideas on how to prep a sketchbook. I find a light wash allowed to dry before the plein air session helps me get over myself and the ego need for “perfection” with a jump right in, damn the torpedos, energy.
Here’s a partially completed page with a wash of watercolor, divided by artist’s tape, in preparation for a field trip. The goose was from life and the fall scene from memories of a recent trip home to Alaska.
It worked...
Paint me home is a powerful intention. Flying over the lakes into Kenai the landscape became beautiful abstractions. 