Recent Paintings from Spring 2013

The top and bottom were done from Photos. The single middle boat I did on location. Click on painting to see a larger view. All the above are available as prints.

From My Sketchbook

Keeping a sketchbook is a habit — It is like keeping a journal. It is a good thing. In a sketchbook one expresses himself with out much inhibition. The top drawing is Newport Beach, CA, the bottom is a fountain in Provence.

Paintings

This is a painting I did as a demonstration for my students. If you are interested in any of these paintings, email me at ken@kenharris.com.

This is a watercolor portrait study I did from a painting done by another artist. I am sorry but I do not remember who the artist is. The original was in oil. I did it in watercolor. The value of copying other artist is that you learn from them. Also they have all the values and colors worked out. Garage bands including the Beatles, when starting out, played other people's music. It is a great way to learn. The idea is to draw and paint.

This painting is called Going to Work. It supposed to have the feel of an early summer morning. It is quiet and still cool. One is alone with his thoughts. It is a street scene from Provence. This painting is now hanging on a wall in the UK.

This is an acrylic painting I did of low tide at Morro Bay. This view is from the small village of Los Osos located on the central coast of California. I did the painting from a photo I took early in the morning. 

I painted the above painting from a photo I took last July when we were at Los Osos. It is the small hotel we stayed at. If you continue to walk to the left of the hotel you will see the view depicted in the painting above.

The painting I did of the church is a drawing partly from my imagination.

A watercolor from a photo I took in Balboa Park in the city of San Diego, California. A nice place to go. Click on photo to see a bigger image.

These are brown pelicans. They live at the beaches and bays of the southern California coast. This was part of a triptych commission I completed. A triptych is a series of three paintings that are of the same theme or subject. They work together to create one piece of art or statement.

Painting on Location

I painted this when I was in Alabama. I saw the light striking the trees on the ridge in the distance. The sun was quickly setting so I didn't get what I started to paint. That is generally how it is though when you paint. Click on image to see larger size.

I started painting this on location twice. The second time it worked. I think the first attempt is really learning about your subject. A failure tells you what not to do. So you try again and it usually works. Every once in a while you hit it on the first try.

Reflections

The two paintings above I did in my sketchbook. I plan to put them in my 2013 calendar which I hope will be ready by December. The third painting I started on location and finished in my studio. Painting on location is invaluable; you learn about light and shadow and how scenes reflect light. You also learn how things are constructed which invaluable in creating art.

September Work 2012

Did this one on a monday afternoon, in late August on location in Mile Square Park. I like painting on location.

I did this Watercolor at the same location as above early in September. Went painting with another watercolorist named Loren Zekiel. Click on Image to see larger size.

August Work So Far...

Well it is August already. Here are some of the paintings I have been working on and an oil study from my drawing and painting class. If you are interested in buying any of these paintings email me at ken@kenharris.com. Click on image to see larger view.

Belagio 11" x 15"

Le Matin A Aix 22" x 30"

 Old Morro Bay 7" x 11"

Study after Leonardo oil 11" x 14"