Inktober 2022: sketchbook tour!

Three Artists Paint...

Every year fellow artists Matt Cruickshank, Mike Dutton and I choose a destination and head there to paint and draw. We just did our fifth annual trip together! Below is my latest video from our travels to New Mexico (+ the four previous trips).


Last year we went to Mexico City- an amazing destination to explore through paint and drawing.


Year three was New Orleans


Our second adventure was to Joshua Tree...


... and the first trip was to Yuma county in Northern California.

New digital book!

I've put my FOURTH digital art book up for sale on Gumroad. An expanded edition of my art exhibition catalog JONES paints AMERICA with 25 extra pages from my sketchbooks. Download here

 

See all of my digital sketchbooks on GumRoad here

May Sketch a Day!

A daily drawing for the Twitter challenge #MaySketchaDay

Cantalini's, Playa Del Rey

 The local bird populace enjoy boat washing time at Marina Del Rey!

 Sloopy's Beach Cafe, Manhattan Beach

The view from Playa Provisions at Playa Del Rey.

 The Japanese Fishing Village memorial at Terminal island, port of LA.

 ‘Fire’ boats at San Pedro with the USS Iowa behind and the Vincent Thomas bridge in the background.

 Manhattan Beach

 Venice

 Culver Hotel, Culver City

 Notes at the Getty museum

 Lounge at the Chateau Marmont

 Sunset Strip

 Manhattan Beach

 Manhattan Beach

 Playa Del Rey

Culver City

Sketching Los Angeles

I've been drawing the boats down at Fisherman's Village in Marina Del Rey. There are yachts and pleasure cruise boats and there's always plenty of bird-life too awaiting the return of the fishing boats.

A refreshing beer at Playa Del Rey dive bar the Prince O' Whales. . .

Drawing L.A.

The last year in sketches. . .

 Sandwich box doodle

 Clifton's

 Washington Blvd.

 Marina Del Rey

 Venice Beach

 Sunset Strip

Warner Bros NYC back lot

 On the Paramount lot

INKTOBER 2016

I'm putting most of my Inktober images up on Instagram and YouTube as films but here are some of the drawings . . .

Mel Gibson directing 'Hacksaw Ridge'

These were also for 'The Line' drawing group on Facebook. Recent themes have been 'Western' and 'Broadway'.

Summer '16

It was a long, hot summer in Los Angeles and a creative one for me. I got out and about and kept up the plein air painting. See dozens more videos of me painting and drawing on my You Tube channel.

Melbourne

A wonderful town, I saw a lot of it but would love to return to draw more . . .