Posts Tagged: tree

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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

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,…

Black Sunglasses

Posted 2021/05/12 by Sterling

Got my covid shot yesterday so today I was mess. Felt like I had a really bad hangover, couldn’t think…

Blue Gum Morning

Posted 2021/05/08 by Sterling

Spent the morning reading good reviews for The Bad Batch, which was nice, then walked behind the house and painted…

Roj’s garden

Posted 2021/05/01 by Sterling

I painted the garden behind the pool house while the twins went for a swim with their cousins. 2hr color…

Rainy Day Fig Tree

Posted 2020/11/17 by Sterling

The first rain of the year. Set up under the eve of my house and painted the fig tree in…

Ross Common

Posted 2020/11/05 by Sterling

I was painting by the post office steps today in Ross, CA and heard a great deal of cautiously optimistic…

Greenfield Ave

Posted 2020/10/20 by Sterling

Hanging out on the corner of Greenfield Ave and Greenfield court looking west with Red Hill in the background and…

In the shade of the oaks

Posted 2020/09/28 by Sterling

It was very hot and dry in Alexander Valley yesterday. I spent my afternoon standing in the shade of an…

Barber Ave Bridge

Posted 2020/09/24 by Sterling

Walked downtown to paint and grab a burrito. Barber street looking west from the bridge over San Anselmo creek.

By the pool

Posted 2020/06/21 by Sterling

I took the boys for a swim and was able to get a quick oil sketch in.

Oleander

Posted 2020/06/08 by Sterling

I ran out of panel boards to paint on, oh the joys of social distancing, finally made some more and…

The Old Barn

Posted 2020/05/10 by Sterling

This afternoon I drove to the family ranch to enjoy a social distancing mother’s day BBQ. Emerging from self isolation…

Alpine Lake Tree

Posted 2020/05/09 by Sterling

Rode my gravel bike out to Alpine Lake and painted a tree next to the side of the water

Kitchen Corner

Posted 2020/04/21 by Sterling

Lunch time Plein air, quarantine addition. Today I sketched a corner of my kitchen .

Across the pond at Palace of Fine Art

Posted 2020/04/19 by Sterling

A lunchtime oil sketch from back in February. Standing on the east side of the pond looking west. Random side…

Saini Vineyards

Posted 2020/04/18 by Sterling

Back in February I did a little painting outside the Saini tasting room. Honestly if you haven’t tried their wine…

The driveway north

Posted 2020/04/11 by Sterling

Another quarantine painting. This is the view looking down my driveway toward Terrace Ave, San Anselmo. In addition I made…

Upton Ave Palms

Posted 2020/04/01 by Sterling

A Persidio lunchtime painting from January. looking south from the picnic table at the Persidio Institute on a misty afternoon.

New Growth

Posted 2020/03/24 by Sterling

No thanks to the Kincade fire, the family ranch had been charred black for weeks, then we had our first…

Last day in the Office

Posted 2020/03/20 by Sterling

I made one last lunchtime painting before Lucasfilm sent everybody home because of C19. It’s of one of the officer…

Turtles Back Trail

Posted 2020/01/05 by Sterling

Painting in China Camp State Park again. This time on the Turtles Back hiking loop looking south towards the road.

Jungle Book Poster

Posted 2019/12/03 by Sterling

I painted a Jungle book poster for my sons elementry school musical.

Rainy Day Bus Stop

Posted 2019/11/14 by Sterling

A thick misty drizzle started to fall over the Persidio today at lunch. It was nice to have a little…

Trail painting

Posted 2019/10/23 by Sterling

a lunchtime Plein Air oil painting

Palace of Fine Arts South Lawn

Posted 2019/08/18 by Sterling

A lunchtime plein air study at the palace of fine arts

Wood Pile Hill Painting

Posted 2019/08/16 by Sterling

A plein air study painted at the Robert Young Estate.

The old oak painting

Posted 2019/04/29 by Sterling

I've returned to oil painting

Escaping to the mine

Posted 2017/09/12 by Sterling

The old miner makes his escape drawing Dick and Don towards his mine.

Gotta Run

Posted 2017/09/08 by Sterling

The boys stumble out of the poison oak. The old miner has a head start. Will they catch him?

Way down yonder in the miner key

Posted 2017/08/31 by Sterling

Dick and Don spy on the old miner

Chipped tooth

Posted 2017/08/29 by Sterling

After the long fall.

Head over heels

Posted 2017/08/14 by Sterling

The boys find a faster way down the mountain.

Winding path

Posted 2017/07/02 by Sterling

Long overdue. Don’t think I’ve sat down and done a pencil drawing in a while. Computers are sucking my soul…

Brush Painting

Posted 2016/05/29 by Sterling

Playing around with some new digital oil photoshop brushes by Kyle Webster.

The Fogbelt brewing Company

Posted 2014/10/13 by Sterling

Some friends of mine recently opened the Fogbelt brewing Company in Santa Rosa, California.  Long story short, the beer is awesome and I’ve done…

Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Posted 2013/10/22 by Sterling

This morning I had to go to central Hong Kong for a CPR class and brought with me a bag…

Prisoners

Posted 2013/10/21 by Sterling

Found out I’m headed to California next week for a storyboarding job. Started dreaming about the mountains and painted this.

Under a banyan tree

Posted 2013/06/14 by Sterling

This was my final attempt at taming a set of unruly gouache colors. It’s not often that I yell at…

Sculpting a tree the old fashioned way

Posted 2012/02/21 by Sterling

While I am on the subject of trees... Here is a picture of a non zbrush tree sculpt. No way…

Jolly old Saint Nicolas

Posted 2011/12/24 by Sterling

finished painting this years family christmas card. Peace and love to everyone out there on the internets.

Peace in the Valley

Posted 2011/11/05 by Sterling

I painted this ArtRage painting on my iPad at B.C. Womans hospital while my wife was in labor with our…

Stanley Park Thumbnail

Posted 2011/08/19 by Sterling

Silas fell asleep while we were at the park yesterday. I had the iPad with me and made this thumbnail…

Mountain Railway Painting

Posted 2011/08/16 by Sterling

It was an exciting morning. I discovered that the good folks over at ArtRage added script recording to their iPad…

Redwood Paintings

Posted 2011/07/21 by Sterling

I was on the road this last week. While waiting for delayed flights, meetings to begin, and hangovers to pass…

Father’s Day Backyard Painting

Posted 2011/06/19 by Sterling

Made the long drive up to Cloverdale today to have a father's day BBQ with my folks. We picnicked in…