Hudson River Fellowship 2011 Part 3

A few more plein air sketches from this year's Hudson River Fellowship. The first image is from Elka Park. The second is from the top of Hunter Mountain. The ski resort maintains their lift in the summer and they invited us to use their lift for free during the fellowship. A number of us went up the last day to paint. As it turns out the view is pretty incredible. The final image is below the bridge at Platte Clove. A pine tree has happy placed itself between a rock and a ... rock.

All three are painted on prepared paper with oils.

Hudson River Fellowship 2011 Part 2

Studies of stones done at the bridge in Elka Park.

Hudson River Fellowship 2011 Part 1

Here are some studies from this year's Hudson River Fellowship centered in Hunter, New York in the Catskills.  This year I primarily divided my time between Platte Clove and Elka Park.  I'll share a few pictures at a time over the next couple of weeks. My primary purpose this year was to find general textures, details and scenes that can have broad application in whatever compositions I decide to pursue

Here are some close up texture and plant studies, these were all done in a small area in Elka Park in single sessions. They are all done in oil on prepared Canson Canva paper.

Quick Sketching at the AMNH.

Quick sketches done at the American Museum of Natural History. The difficulty of drawing at the museum is the persistent press of the crowds

Dinosaur Drawing at the American Museum of Natural History

A pair of Allosaurus drawings done at the American Museum of Natural History in New York this August. One extended and the other quickly drawn.

Hudson River Fellowship 2011

I was accepted to this year's Hudson River Fellowship centered in Hunter, NY in the Catskills. The fellowship runs from the 5th of July until the 31st and is organized by Jacob Collins and other founders of the Grand Central Academy.  I participated once before in 2009, between my two years at the New York Academy of Art, and found it to be a fantastic complement to the experiences I had there.  I anticipate a similarly fantastic group of talented, dedicated, and hardworking artists that I had the fortune of working among in 2009.

This time around I have clearer idea of how I will spend my time and I hope to be able to share my experiences there with those of you that follow or subsequently happen upon this blog.

Here are a couple drawings I did back in 2009. They are currently on view at Medialia Gallery in NYC.

Animal Sketches April 30 Part 2

Gorilla gestures and friends. Just when you think these guys are sitting still, they up and run off to the other side of the room.