The Painting Life

  Another installment of my sketches of local area coffee shops I've visited recently. Sometimes a simple interior sketch is all that...

I decided to take a break this week from my Coffee Shop Sketching series. A few weeks ago I did another of my  #lineandwashdrawings in the #...

Here is another urban-sketch in my local coffee shop series. This shop is different from the others in that it's not a storefront coffee...

In my last blog I told you how I had decided to visit some of the coffee shops in the local area and sketch what I saw either from an an int...

Good morning, buenos dias, etc! I hope you have had your morning coffee today or tea or chai or whatever gets you going. Recently I joined a...

  If you've re-discovered The Painting Life blog, aka orbisplanis.blogspot.com, thank you for viewing. As you may have seen in my last p...

Two Pears Acrylic on Canvas Panel 20 in x 16 in Copyright 2023, All Rights Reserved If any of you reading this blog remember way back in 201...

Blazing Sunset Water-Soluble Oil on Canvas Panel 10 x 8 in/25.4 x 20.3 cm Copyright Byrne Smith 2018 With the holiday season right aroun...

Indian Summer Oil on Canvas Panel 6 x 6 in/15.2 x 15.2 cm Copyright Byrne Smith 2018 Before the month was completely gone, I wanted to p...

Beachy Acrylic on Canvas Panel  6 x 6 in/15.2 x 15.2 cm Byrne Copyright 2018 One thing I like about seascapes and beach/water scenes ...