Posts Categorized: Dry Ink

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…

Clouds Over Ross

Posted 2022/01/08 by Sterling

Across the street from my apartment, looking north towards Ross. I dropped this painting in the dirt just as I…

Corte Madera Creek brush

Posted 2022/01/06 by Sterling

Behind the College of Marin tennis courts looking north on a dreary day.

Phoenix Lake Redwoods

Posted 2022/01/04 by Sterling

I hiked up to the lake to try and find some redwoods. My sister says I don’t paint redwoods enough.…

Bon Air Road

Posted 2022/01/02 by Sterling

Standing across the street from MarinHealth Medical Center looking west just before sunset.

Sleeping In

Posted 2022/01/02 by Sterling

New Years morning 2022.

Wiley Sketch

Posted 2021/12/30 by Sterling

Quick painting of the boy while he is coding on the computer. 15min or so.

Citron Fire Rd

Posted 2021/12/28 by Sterling

Misty rain this afternoon up on the hill above Larkspur.

2021 Little Black Sketchbook

Posted 2021/12/17 by Sterling

Here is another sketchbook. I guess this one documents season 2 of the great covid pandemic. Less drawings at home,…

Post Rain Vineyards

Posted 2021/12/15 by Sterling

I was in Alexander Valley this morning because I was told there was snow on the mountains yesterday. Alas, no…

Corte Madera Marsh Trees

Posted 2021/12/15 by Sterling

The rain stopped, the sun came out and there was a beautiful sunset over by the estuary in Corte Madera…

Minecraft Morning

Posted 2021/12/12 by Sterling

It’s raining pretty good outside so the boys curled up in my bed and started building in their realm. Rudie…

Clouds Above the Bay Club

Posted 2021/12/08 by Sterling

There were some great clouds yesterday over by Marin General Hospital. This is the view looking north across the street…

Hal Brown Park

Posted 2021/12/07 by Sterling

Looking south over the salt marsh towards the bridge from Hal Brown Park at Creekside.

Morning on the Marsh

Posted 2021/12/01 by Sterling

There was a very lovely peach colored sunrise this morning. The light cut through the low misty fog and colored…

AV afternoon

Posted 2021/11/27 by Sterling

Started this outside on Friday but had to run and so I finished it up at home.

Thanksgiving Hills

Posted 2021/11/25 by Sterling

Hiked up the hill with the boys with pick and shovel in hand. They were on a mission to dig…

Mount Saint Helena from Alexander Valley

Posted 2021/11/21 by Sterling

I was in Healdsburg last weekend and had two free hours so I drove up to Lytton Springs Road and…

Misty Ring Mountain Rocks

Posted 2021/11/19 by Sterling

I woke before the sun so I hiked up to the top of the Ring Mountain Preserve hoping for a…

Corte Madera Creek 2nd pass

Posted 2021/11/16 by Sterling

The first pass of this painting never sat right with me. I was waiting for another over cast morning with…

Phoenix Lake Shrooms

Posted 2021/11/12 by Sterling

Lunchtime painting. I walked up the creek towards the Phoenix Lake spillway and found a lot of fungi blooming on…

Fountaingrove Overlook

Posted 2021/11/08 by Sterling

I had to stop on the way to Zeldie’s house to paint the dramatic clouds above Santa Rosa. I drove…

Clouds Over Kentfield

Posted 2021/10/26 by Sterling

Lunchtime painting over by the Tamalpais Creek bridge, Looking west towards Kentfield. Really wet on the trails after the storm,…

Tam from McInnis Park

Posted 2021/10/25 by Sterling

The post rain clouds were fantastic this afternoon. I caught them at the tail end of the day over at…

Post Rain Reeds

Posted 2021/10/25 by Sterling

Walked across the street to see what the heavy rains and flooding the day before had done to the salt…

Morning Clouds Above AV

Posted 2021/10/23 by Sterling

I drove up to the ranch yesterday morning and just as I got to Alexander Valley the rain began to…

Winery Driveway

Posted 2021/10/22 by Sterling

The light yesterday afternoon were pretty fantastic. I had some time before driving back down to Marin so I swung…

Outgoing Tide

Posted 2021/10/19 by Sterling

Painting next to the footbridge behind Kent middle school. The tide went out faster than I expected and I saw…

First Rain

Posted 2021/10/17 by Sterling

Big deal here in drought stricken Marin CA, it actually rained! Excitedly I took my gear across the street and…

Corte Madera Sunrise

Posted 2021/10/13 by Sterling

I couldn’t sleep so I drove over to the bay to paint. I set up on the north side of…

Creekside Dawn

Posted 2021/10/11 by Sterling

The wind woke me up around four this morning and after a fruitless effort to go back to sleep, I…

Larkspur Morning

Posted 2021/10/09 by Sterling

After my morning coffee I stepped across the street to paint the salt mash. I like how shadows from the…

Harry Allen Trail

Posted 2021/10/08 by Sterling

Freezing and windy, that about sums up this mornings painting session. It’s was as if an invisible hand flipped a…

Behind Kent Middle School

Posted 2021/10/05 by Sterling

Lunch painting. Looking north behind the track by Kent Middle School next to Corte Madera Creek

Larkspur Salt Marsh

Posted 2021/10/05 by Sterling

This mornings painting of the salt marsh across the street. About 2hrs.

Mt. Tam from Larkspur

Posted 2021/09/20 by Sterling

My internet was down so I stepped across the street to paint while I waited for it to return. I…

Corte Madera Creek

Posted 2021/09/03 by Sterling

I’m not sure where the boarder between Kentfield and Larkspur is but it’s probably about where I painted this. This…

Smokey Kentfield Sunset

Posted 2021/08/29 by Sterling

I’m back in Larkspur so instead of smokey vineyards now I get to paint smokey salt marshes. Here’s the view…

Behind Uncle Jim’s

Posted 2021/08/27 by Sterling

This morning I drove out to the creek behind my uncle Jim’s house and painted the view looking west. It’s…

Thick Veil of Smoke

Posted 2021/08/18 by Sterling

Woke up to a fire alert for Willits and then while I was painting got another for Corte Madera. You…

Vineyard Oak in the Smoke

Posted 2021/08/16 by Sterling

In was very hot and smoky in Alexander Valley this afternoon and the thick atmosphere really made the landscape pop.…

Garden Fountain

Posted 2021/08/12 by Sterling

Painting on an overcast day in mom’s garden.

Splashmasters

Posted 2021/08/08 by Sterling

After a few days on the road, it was really nice to paint and spend some time with the kids.…

Mom’s garden

Posted 2021/07/11 by Sterling

Woke up early to avoid the heat and while I was having my coffee the light pouring down from the…

Patio Fading Light

Posted 2021/07/06 by Sterling

Quick low-light oil sketch of Alexander Valley after sunset. 1hr

Gravel Driveway

Posted 2021/07/02 by Sterling

Another crazy hot day. Around six the heat became tolerable so I walked down the hill and set up on…

Afterglow in the Hills

Posted 2021/06/29 by Sterling

Drove over to the other side of the ranch around sunset just to mix things up and paint the Valley…

Pruned Echium

Posted 2021/06/26 by Sterling

Post dinner patio color study. 1hr. Mom pruned the Pride of Madeira last week and it was looking pretty sharp.…

Driveway Cactus

Posted 2021/06/24 by Sterling

Standing by the compost pile wasn’t awesome but the light on the cactus this afternoon was so… here’s another color…

Office Hydrangeas

Posted 2021/06/22 by Sterling

Stressful day painting escape 1.5h

Over by Uncle Fred’s

Posted 2021/06/21 by Sterling

Couldn’t paint the last few days because it was deadly hot. I’m not happy with this sketch but I am…

Fire in Alexander Valley

Posted 2021/06/15 by Sterling

I looked up from my lunch to see smoke rising from the middle of the valley. At first it looked…

Sunday Morning Driveway

Posted 2021/06/13 by Sterling

Lovely day. Thought I would paint the view for the driveway while the boys had a lazy video game morning.…

Behind the house

Posted 2021/06/10 by Sterling

Up on the hill behind moms looking east. 1.5hr color study

Shop Oak

Posted 2021/06/07 by Sterling

Crazy windy once again. This is over by the vineyard shop looking east. 1.5hr

Geysers overlook

Posted 2021/06/04 by Sterling

After dinner I drove up the mountain towards the Geysers and pulled off at the first big pullout above the…

Zeldie

Posted 2021/06/04 by Sterling

My first attempt at a portrait with oils. Thank you Zeldie for being patient and brave enough to model for…

Hassett Lane

Posted 2021/06/01 by Sterling

Post coffee painting this time out on the west side of Alexander Valley on Hassett Ln looking west. Vinwood cellars…

Lazy Porch View

Posted 2021/05/29 by Sterling

Didn’t want to go out but still wanted to paint. Made it as far as a lawn chair on the…

Looking West, Again

Posted 2021/05/26 by Sterling

Had another go painting the view towards Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Went a bit earlier and got lucky as the…

Looking West

Posted 2021/05/24 by Sterling

Road the four wheeler up the hill and painted the view looking west towards Francis Ford Coppola winery. Once again,…

River Road

Posted 2021/05/24 by Sterling

Road my bike over to the river to get some painting time in. Didn’t put much thought into it and…