Posts Categorized: Dry Ink

MacArthur Ave Paint-over

Posted 2024/09/17 by Sterling

There is something very satisfying about painting over your old work. The paint just goes down easier. You have the…

Cult Statue Sunset

Posted 2024/09/17 by Sterling

Hanging with the cyclographicult hommies at the statue, aka James A. Garfield, in Golden Gate Park. Looking west towards a…

From the Chapel

Posted 2024/06/13 by Sterling

Another lunchtime painting. This is the view looking east from the Presidio Chapel on a foggy summer afternoon.

Graham Street Palms

Posted 2024/05/30 by Sterling

I was painting in the Main Post of the Presidio at lunch today on Graham Street. It was a beautiful…

Little Brick Building

Posted 2024/05/14 by Sterling

I’m not sure what this little brick building off of McDowell Ave was, but I always thought it would make…

Lincoln Blvd Palm

Posted 2024/04/29 by Sterling

Lunchtime painting in the Presidio once again.

Presidio Blvd Palms

Posted 2024/02/13 by Sterling

I spent my lunch break today painting outside Cafe RX. It was a redo of a not-so-great oil sketch I…

Simonds Loop

Posted 2024/02/12 by Sterling

Quick lunchtime painting on the hill above Lucasfilm, looking east. I’ve been slacking on posting my paintings lately. Just moved…

Above the Presidio golf course

Posted 2023/10/17 by Sterling

There is a small glen between the corner of Compton Rd and Washington Blvd. It’s a bit overgrown with brambles,…

Crissy Field Overlook

Posted 2023/09/18 by Sterling

I was painting after work today, and usually, it’s super windy and cold over by the bridge as the fog…

Hellman Hollow XC Race

Posted 2023/09/09 by Sterling

I had to take my son to a cross country race in Golden Gate Park this morning, the Lowell Invitational.…

Redwood High School Cross County

Posted 2023/09/04 by Sterling

My son had cross country practice this morning in Tennessee Valley. While he ran with his friends I painted and…

Hamilton Park from Larkspur Lands

Posted 2023/09/04 by Sterling

A lazy Sunday with nice clouds. Painting the wide part of Corte Madera Creek looking east toward Greenbae and Corte…

Ross Hydrangeas

Posted 2023/08/23 by Sterling

If you are heading to the Phoenix Lake trailhead from Ross, you need to take Lagunitas Rd to get there.…

Battery Blaney

Posted 2023/08/10 by Sterling

There is this lovely grove of trees standing sentinel above Battery Blaney in the Presidio. I had to paint it.…

LDAC Pond Trees

Posted 2023/08/08 by Sterling

It was a busy day in the office so I didn’t have much time to paint at lunch. I set…

Rogue Vegetables

Posted 2023/08/06 by Sterling

I was at the ranch this weekend and after a morning bike ride with my brother, I set up to…

Funston from the Car

Posted 2023/08/03 by Sterling

It was far too cold and windy outside today so I retreated to the car and painted the houses on…

By the Bridge

Posted 2023/08/02 by Sterling

Looking south-east towards Corte Madera from the College of Marin gravel parking lot. There is a tall thicket of dead…

Piper park from Bon Air Landing park

Posted 2023/07/27 by Sterling

Morning Plein air painting from the public dock in Greenbae looking south towards Larkspur and the fog. The rowers were…

Dead Flowers

Posted 2023/07/25 by Sterling

I’m not sure what these plants are called, but I love how their flowers dry out and turn pale in…

National Cemetery from Battery Sherwood

Posted 2023/07/22 by Sterling

Traffic was heavy so I set up by Battery Sherwood to paint until it thinned out. This is the view…

Corner of Lincoln & Presidio Blvd from the YMCA parking lot

Posted 2023/07/20 by Sterling

I set up perpendicular to the Tennessee Hollow trail looking back towards the post office and LDAC. It was windy…

Presidio Main Post from Tunnel Tops

Posted 2023/07/19 by Sterling

Well, I tried to paint the main post twice. Two lunch breaks in a row, both days I didn’t have…

Woodlark Apartments

Posted 2023/07/09 by Sterling

The boys and I went to see Howl’s Moving Castle at the Lark Theater this afternoon and then after we…

Petlenuc Creek

Posted 2023/07/05 by Sterling

Today I set up on the Tennessee Hollow trail / Presidio Promenade Trail. Not sure which trail this is as…

Hal Brown Park at Creekside

Posted 2023/06/26 by Sterling

Last light painting on the salt marsh. This time from the north side bike path behind Marin Catholic looking south…

Lucasfilm Picnic

Posted 2023/06/24 by Sterling

The kids and I made our annual pilgrimage to the swimming pool at Skywalker Ranch. I am told there are…

President Biden Visits Larkspur

Posted 2023/06/21 by Sterling

The President of the United States flew into Larkspur yesterday, and Marine Helicopter Squadron One landed right across the street…

The Kentfield Landing Field

Posted 2023/06/16 by Sterling

The boys and I were shaken to our feet this afternoon by a thunderous roar. We bolted onto the balcony…

Piper Park from Doherty Drive

Posted 2023/06/01 by Sterling

I had an hour or two to paint, so I grabbed my kit and headed out. Driving towards downtown Larkspur,…

Larkspur Creek

Posted 2023/05/30 by Sterling

I was scouting around, looking for something to paint before the light faded and I found my way up Larkspur…

Healdsburg Twilight Parade

Posted 2023/05/26 by Sterling

Plein air painting of the annual Healdsburg Twilight parade

First Bloom

Posted 2023/05/21 by Sterling

It was a hot, clear day out in Sonoma. After a long morning run in the vineyards, I set up…

Dusk Weeds

Posted 2023/05/10 by Sterling

Twilight by the College of Marin Gravel Parking lot, looking west towards Kentfield.

Trees at Sunset

Posted 2023/05/08 by Sterling

Drinks at Internos and then a nice walk around the neighborhood looking for something to paint. The trees just across…

Persidio Battery

Posted 2023/05/04 by Sterling

May the fourth be with you! I drove into Lucasfilm today and on the way, I stopped to paint by…

Algae and Brush

Posted 2023/04/25 by Sterling

It was too hot in the apartment to think, so I stepped out for a little post-work painting by the…

Sakura

Posted 2023/04/15 by Sterling

While waiting for my brother and nieces to finish their farm chores, I painted a cherry tree in their little…

Piper Park Palms Painting

Posted 2023/04/13 by Sterling

Say that ten times fast. It was a windy afternoon at Piper Park in Larkspur, and I had to hold…

Larkspur Creek

Posted 2023/04/09 by Sterling

The kids are currently on vacation with their mom, so instead of going Easter egg hunting, I enjoyed a lovely…

Corner Poppies in Greenbrae

Posted 2023/04/06 by Sterling

Staring at neon orange poppies surrounded by shiny white cement and chrome electrical boxes for an hour was a painful…

Nob Hill Side Road

Posted 2023/03/21 by Sterling

Got one more snowy landscape in before driving back down the mountain. This one was just fifty meters east of…

Crows Nest from Jerome

Posted 2023/03/18 by Sterling

I had a fantastic day skiing at Sugar Bowl today, and even managed to squeeze in a quick painting before…

Distant Snow on Mt. Diablo

Posted 2023/03/05 by Sterling

Really clear sky’s in the Bay Area today. I could see the snowy cap of Mt. Diablo from the hills…

Via La Cumbre

Posted 2023/03/04 by Sterling

Rolling rain clouds and sun were present over Corte Madera and Larkspur today. It was a lovely panorama from the…

Alexander Valley Snow

Posted 2023/02/24 by Sterling

It snowed last night so the boys and I drove up the hill to check out the view from the…

Lost Sunset

Posted 2023/02/08 by Sterling

The light faded just as the painting was starting to get good. The golden hour had passed.

Rainy Day on the Ranch

Posted 2023/01/13 by Sterling

The heavy rain thinned out to a drizzle so I hiked up behind my mom’s to check the water level…

High Tide on Tamalpais Creek

Posted 2023/01/11 by Sterling

It was raining too hard to go out and paint so I stayed inside and worked from some stereoscopic reference…

Norther Alexander Valley

Posted 2023/01/08 by Sterling

On Geyserville Ave just south of Asti looking east towards the geysers.

Shaver Grade in the Rain

Posted 2023/01/05 by Sterling

The big storm hitting Marin took out the power at my apartment this afternoon so I went for a little…

New Year’s Oaks

Posted 2023/01/02 by Sterling

After a few days of rain and gray, New Year’s Day brought us crisp blue skies, green grass and sunshine.…

Figure Drawings

Posted 2022/12/29 by Sterling

Every now and then I make it to the figure drawing nights at Rileystreet in San Rafael. Here is a…

Corte Madera from Ring Mountain

Posted 2022/12/28 by Sterling

It was a sunny day cast in a veil of thin fog. I hiked around the salt mash looking for…

Salmon Creek

Posted 2022/12/24 by Sterling

My brother wanted to go surfing out at Salmon Creek this morning so I tagged along to catch the sunrise.…

Tam from Hal Brown Park

Posted 2022/12/08 by Sterling

Stopped on the way back from the morning school drop off to paint Tam in the rain.

Bon Air Bridge

Posted 2022/12/07 by Sterling

Sunset painting from the Bon Air bridge looking north towards Ross.

Lucas Valley

Posted 2022/12/06 by Sterling

A concerned friend texted me about the beautiful weather yesterday and very colorfully insisted that I better be outside painting,…

Skywalker

Posted 2022/12/05 by Sterling

Stunningly beautiful skies over Marin today. The light was just perfect. Rolling rain clouds dragged their shadows across the hills…

Corte Madera Rain

Posted 2022/12/04 by Sterling

The weather was very dynamic today in Corte Madera. Dark rain clouds and blue sky. I didn’t want to get…

Terra Linda

Posted 2022/11/30 by Sterling

I did this painting a while back, it was a really beautiful afternoon but blazing hot. I didn’t last more…

Muddy Trails

Posted 2022/11/29 by Sterling

We got rain the other day and between showers I sloshed over to the salt mash trailhead to paint some…

Fall Vineyards

Posted 2022/11/27 by Sterling

After two weeks of Covid isolation I was finally out of the house with a very long to do list.…

A Brush with a bushtit

Posted 2022/11/20 by Sterling

It was an interesting morning on the ranch. A wild bushtit landed on my paint brush while I was working…

For Ralph

Posted 2022/08/29 by Sterling

Today I lost one of my closest friends to a long battle with cancer. I was introduced to Ralph Egglesston…

Dusk Behind the Woodshed

Posted 2022/06/20 by Sterling

Post fathers day taco dinner painting. It’s amazing how long the light lasts in the summer. Also amazing how predictably…

Footbridge

Posted 2022/06/09 by Sterling

I walk across this little bridge all the time to paint. It looked nice as the sun was going down…

Creekside Thicket

Posted 2022/06/06 by Sterling

I set up just as the sun disappeared behind Kentfield and painted through golden hour until I lost all my…

Creekside

Posted 2022/06/02 by Sterling

Between the deadlines at work, all the end of the school year events and friends getting hurt or sick. I’ve…

Swim Practice

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

Hanging out at by the pool at Ann Curtis school of swimming in Terra Linda San Rafael.

Terra Linda Sunset

Posted 2022/05/25 by Sterling

There are a lot of drawings, paintings and films I’ve made over the years which I find hard to enjoy…

Into the Sun

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

When I set up my gear the overcast sky led me to believe that it was going to be a…

Gold Country

Posted 2022/05/15 by Sterling

I had a great time with the kids on their fourth grade field trip to Sutter’s Mill this week. After…

Dive Practice

Posted 2022/05/01 by Sterling

The boys had their first swim competition on Saturday and it ignited their competitive spirit. We spent the rest of…

Ross Creek Sunset

Posted 2022/04/24 by Sterling

I think I’m loosing it. I went out to paint and forgot my paints and medium. Had to scrape my…

Kentfield Lunch

Posted 2022/04/19 by Sterling

On my lunch break I walked across the street from my apartment to paint the view looking west.

Windy Afternoon

Posted 2022/04/13 by Sterling

It was windy when I went out to paint on the salt marsh at lunch . I had my easel…

Echium Sunset

Posted 2022/04/03 by Sterling

I had a hour to paint between rummaging through storage and the rare no kids dinner reservation with Zeldie. The…

Post Rain Clouds

Posted 2022/03/19 by Sterling

I’ve been swamped with Star Wars work for the last two weeks and haven’t had much time to paint. Today…

Self Portrait

Posted 2022/03/04 by Sterling

It was raining, I didn’t want to go outside and there was no one else to paint.

Timelapse of Forbes Portrait

Posted 2022/03/03 by Sterling

I made a time lapse video of the portrait painting I did the other night.

By the Mail Box

Posted 2022/02/26 by Sterling

I set up in my brothers driveway for a quick painting and as I was finishing up, to my surprise,…

Forbes Latimer

Posted 2022/02/25 by Sterling

I was fortunate to road trip with the great Forbes Latimer for a few days down the west coast of…

Bleached Marsh

Posted 2022/02/18 by Sterling

Quick oil sketch this afternoon of the marsh across the street.

By the Vineyard Shop

Posted 2022/02/15 by Sterling

Quick morning sketch with a little bit of clean up at home. Looking west from the vineyard shop.

Oak on the Hill

Posted 2022/02/11 by Sterling

On the hill behinds mom’s looking east. It was a burn day and smoke from the neighbors left a thin…

The Village Corner

Posted 2022/02/09 by Sterling

Looking south from the parking lot in Ross towards the Village Corner and Breaking Away Bicycles. If you look close…

Lake Elizabeth Spillway

Posted 2022/02/08 by Sterling

Looking south across lake Elizabeth towards the spillway. The cows were about and their calves came over to watch me…

Morning Light

Posted 2022/02/07 by Sterling

Looking south down from the Greenbrae side of Corte Madera Creek towards Larkspur. First painting in a week or two…

Corte Madera Town Park

Posted 2022/02/06 by Sterling

I took the boys to play catch at the park today. Looking west towards Mt. Tam

Above the Solar Farm

Posted 2022/02/03 by Sterling

Looking south from the hill above the solar farm on a burn day. Very bright late morning with lots of…

From the Junkyard

Posted 2022/02/01 by Sterling

Looking west towards my uncle Fred’s house from the junkyard overlook after sunset.

Jack Rabbit Country

Posted 2022/01/25 by Sterling

I was on the north side on the ranch this morning and I set up in the fog. It cleared…

Grandma’s

Posted 2022/01/22 by Sterling

I lost my light about halfway into this painting and had to finish it up at home but that was…

Post Sunset Vineyards

Posted 2022/01/21 by Sterling

I was out at the ranch yesterday and was able to paint a quick sunset. This is the view across…

Sidewinder at Sugar Bowl

Posted 2022/01/19 by Sterling

More ski painting at Sugar Bowl! Here is the view looking west towards Mt. Disney from Sidewinder on a very…

The Palisades at Sugar Bowl

Posted 2022/01/18 by Sterling

I was at Sugar Bowl this last weekend and got to do a little ski painting. It was a lot…

Narrow Pass

Posted 2022/01/12 by Sterling

Quick lunch painting, looking south just below the trailhead of the Harry Allen Trail.

Robert Young Daisies

Posted 2022/01/11 by Sterling

Morning painting at the ranch, looking north towards Uncle Jim’s house. The daisies were out in force and the weather…