Idyll Sketching

Beautiful Landscapes, Idly Painted

Monthly Retrospective: September 2025

Logan

I didn’t think I had done much this month, but when you put together all my sky sketches, it adds up! I kept my “just for me” paintings mostly light and easy, while also on a book-learning kick.

Sky Sketchbook

The Pyrrol Scarlet sequence on September 2 is profiled in Shaking up my sunset colors.

Cotton Candy Clouds with Pyrrol Scarlet. September 1, 2025.
Evening Glow. September 2, 2025.
Seascape with Pyrrol Scarlet #2. September 2, 2025.
Seascape with Pyrrol Scarlet #1. September 2, 2025.
Sunday after the rain. September 7, 2025.
Sunset diptych. September 8, 2025.
Dark zinnias. September 10, 2025.
Doves in flight. September 12, 2025.
Pink clouds. September 17, 2025.
The acorn hunters. September 19, 2025.
Over the ridge. September 22, 2025.
Opera Pink Sunset. September 29, 2025.

Perspective Practice

Documented in I finally get some perspective, part 1.

Sunset power lines with perspective. September 12, 2025.

Glazing Practice

From Mastering Glazing Techniques in Watercolor by Don Rankin (to be documented).

Foggy boat, after Don Rankin. September 27, 2025.
Farmhouse, after Don Rankin. September 28, 2025.

Birds

I haven’t done a bird in a while!

Tufted Titmouse. September 19, 2025. Reference: eBird/Macaulay Library.

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