Mass Gesture - "Take a Seat"

I used a black pastel stick about 3/4" in length on inexpensive paper. The game is to draw rapidly, 5 minutes or less. The figure is about 12" high.

Bee Street Morning, Charleston SC - 6" x 8" - Oil on Canvas Panel

A submission to Bill Guffy's Virtual Paintout for July, 2013
http://virtualpaintout.blogspot.com/

"Haven" - 12" x 12" - Pastel on Wallis Paper

Outdoor Color Study No.18 - 6" x 10" - Oil on Canvas Panel

Water Wonderland - 12" x 16" - Oil on Stretched Canvas

Done!

Boats in the Reeds - Limited Value Study - 6" x 8" - Oil on Canvas Panel

A view from Via Cristo Re, south of the town of Jesolo in Italy, near Laguna Veneta

Block Study No.19 - Oil on Canvas Panel

Outdoor Color Study No.16 - 6" x 8" - Oil on Canvas Board

After Frank W. Benson's "Moonlight" - 6" x 8" - Oil on Canvas Board

I think I could have gone even darker with the darks.

Vilnius Spring - 13-5/8" x 18" - Pastel on Wallis Paper

My second painting in Bill Guffy's Virtual Paintout for March 2013:
Vilnius, Lithuania.

Vilnius County, Lithuania - 9" x 18" - Pastel on Wallis Paper

The painting was inspired by Bill Guffey's Virtual Paintout  -  Virtual Paintouts using Google Street View as a resource for traveling the world to find interesting locations and subjects to paint.

Vilnius Value Study - 9" x 12" - Oil on Canvas Panel

On my easel: Working it out in values.

Final: "Warm Winter Morning" - 10" x 14" - Pastel on Wallis Paper

This was done with no under-painting, just pastel directly applied from the get-go.

Block Study No.18 - 8" x 10" - Oil on Canvas Panel

Yet another block study. I painted this one with a knife instead of brushes, which for me forces a more painterly surface.

Block Study No.17 - 8" x 10" - Oil on Canvas Panel