paints and paints and paints and paints

Another round of on-location sketch painting? paint sketches? environment studies? these...

Stories Bookstore and Cafe in Echo Park

Outdoor dance session at Victory Vineland Recreation Center, North Hollywood

Waiting room

Moby's Cafe in North Hollywood

Priscilla's cafe in Toluca Lake

North Hollywood Regional Library and Park

"Do do do Lookin' out my back door..."

Like the Creedence Clearwater song said...

Painted this just before sunset and a hearty dinner downtown.

mo' paint, NoHo

Valley Village Park, North Hollywood

Republic of Pie, North Hollywood

A few more paintings from a couple weeks ago...

At Porto's

This isn't an ad for Porto's...I just highly that, if in the area, you try their chicken croquettes, potato balls and guava/cheese streudel.

Porto's Bakery in Burbank

Quick painting, about 40 min. Photoshop.

At the...

Update: Went back for another wash, checked out the lighting at a different type of day--so I painted that and then a nighttime version.

After the jump is the original post...

more paint studies

Another interior study at Cahuenga General Store, Burbank 

In the waiting room at Kaiser 

Starbucks study at sundown

The barbers at Rudy's of Glendale doing their thing 

More painting around Burbank, Glendale and Los Angeles...

City of Octavia

This was a painting is a concept for the city of Octavia, described in Italo Calvino's "Invisible Cities."

Created under the guidance of Annis Naeem! Thanks for the tips, Annis!