My 6th gouache work. This time a small (4”x6”) spring landscape inspired by a hodgepodge of photos. It’s just ok. I am unaccustomed to painting small. And I am seeking more abstraction and failing at it. At some point I will move to gouache portraiture.

My 5th gouache painting. This time a Great Blue Heron as seen on the Allegheny River outside of Franklin, PA, months ago. I have to force myself to paint abstractly and loosely because my dense brain seems to want realism.

Continuing my goal to learn how to paint with gouache as part of an effort to move from watercolors to a combination of both mediums. This is my 4th attempt: A portrait of Marina Callas from a photo. I am not happy about it. Too many stupid mistakes. On a more + note, I am a bigger fan of Callas!

My artistic contribution to the fall weather using gouache and colored pencils. This is my 3rd composition using gouache and it’s so much more “forgiving” compared to watercolor painting. I make lots of mistakes and need lots of forgiveness!

We are west of Pittsburgh and pretty close to Ohio. This one most likely escaped the horrors of the Buckeye state.

An interesting picture of downtown Pittsburgh under menacing-looking clouds last evening.

Sure, here is a not-so-recent portrait using Conte crayons and a white-colored pencil of my granddaughter.

I don’t post a lot, but occasionally I get a picture (double rainbow) like this that needs to be seen by a few others. It was taken by my son, Andrew, on Neville Island on the Ohio River earlier this evening right after a brief rain.

Tonight I decided to copy your very nice bird watercolor using colored Conte crayons. I have been drawing with classic tri-color Conte for many decades - mostly monotone portraits. This is the first time I tried colored Conte after I “discovered” them on Amazon and was inspired by your work.

It must be spring in Pittsburgh because it’s cold and raining!

The Allegheny River this evening just a few miles downstream from Franklin, Pennsylvania. I need to find out if the Walleye are running.

And 2 Bald Eagles arrived to enhance the view of the Allegheny River.

Allegheny River this morning in Forest County, PA. (Where the 5 Forks was for local folks)

JtheT, I understand your being compelled about documenting everything, including when it was made, about works of art. I am compelled to do that when I come across an original work. It’s my “Antique Road Show” moment. Here is a piece obtained in Etsy. The signature was very difficult to read.

Chicken Cacciatore… I mentioned to my wife that I have not had CC for many years, and she took pity on me and made it today! I normally refrain from posting mundane stuff, especially food and cat pics, but today I lack discipline. Odds are I will lose half of my many (5) followers.