Artistic Balance

I cannot believe it has been a whole week since I last blogged.  Time is just running away from me.  I made a quick trip up to Cape Cod yest...

 Sunrise Sesuit Creek Skiff on Bass River These are the last of the Cape Cod photos.  I am working in the studio today and will be posti...

This series shows some of the wonderful sunrises and sunsets we were treated to once Hurricane Irene passed the cape on her trek northwa...

This is a quick compositional sketch that led to the painting I posted on 8/30.  I like them both for different reasons.  Tomorrow I will p...

Sunset at my favorite place... Sesuit Harbor in Dennis, Ma. I'll be posting photos and paintings from this trip over the next few days,...

The noble and versatile Lobstah.... King of crustaceans!  It can be dinner or entertainment.... Last night was our big Lobstah pot dinner...

One of my favorite things to do on the cape is to get up early and joy the sunrise on the bay.  This shot is of Sesuit Harbor near the hous...

First watercolor on Cape Cod this year.  Nobska Lighthouse at Sunset.  Hurricane Irene got me off to a late start, but I am painting now an...

Our Cape Cod trip is still a week away..... but my mind is all ready in the Bay State!  Here is an older shot from a trip to Duxbury Beach w...

We leave for our annual end of summer trip to Cape Cod (10 years in a row and counting) in a few weeks.  To get myself ready and try to figu...

I have added an new gallery of images from Cape Cod to my website. CLICK HERE to see the new gallery. Keep Makin Art! Carl

All this cold this week has me wishing for the warmth of Cape Cod in August! Peaceful cool mornings on the beach and the best sunsets in th...

Nobska point Light in the glowing in the end of day light as the sun sets over Woods Hole Ma. Keep Makin' Art Carl

Ah. I get relaxed just looking at this photo. It takes me right back to Cape Cod. Keep Makin' Art Carl

Highland Lighthouse at sunrise. This is a closeup of the tower against the sunrise sky. It is not the first angle I would have chosen, but ...

here is the finished version of the old Higgin's Farm Windmill in Brewster Ma. I am really happy with how this turned out. I may play ...

I added the shadow side of the windmill and buildings and washed in some of the foreground. The painting is starting to take shape! Keep Ma...

Drawing complete and first wash of Sky and a warm foreground color done. Sky needs a little more pulled out and shaped on left, but is othe...

This scene of a windmill and old blacksmith shop located in Drummer Boy park in Brewster Ma. will be my next painting. I think this compos...

I don't do many Color IRs... But I loved the way this one turned out. The fisheye lens and the strange colors make it look like a Light...