"Akroyd Sketch" Watercolor - This is a quick study of the classic Akroyd Dee fly. There will be a full blown painting to come. Just experimenting with the shape and character.
"Generic Dry" Just a quick pen sketch of a quill wing dry. Very simple in it's shape and form.
"SCUD!" Pen and ink. Scuds are so cool. I love finding these little babies in the stream. I have plucked some big ones out of a few spring creeks that I frequent. Some of them are so big, all you would need is some cocktail sauce for dipping and you would have a stream side appetizer.
"Morning Light" Watercolor and graphite sketch composite. There is nothing like the feeling of the morning sun hitting you in the face. The bugs start to come off and it is just a peaceful time on the water.
"Hopper Sketch" Hand sketch on bond paper with digital color. I was just messing around sketching this hopper. I plan on doing some sort of painting. I thought it would be fun to take the rough sketch and throw some color on it.
"The Big Three" With the big Memorial Day weekend coming up, I decided to draw three flies to cover me for the next few days. The challenge to everyone is this, if you were stranded (fresh or salt water) what are the three flies you wish you had with you? I already have my three - X-Caddis, Gold Ribbed Hares Ear and a Soft Hackle. I have full confidence in these flies if I ever needed them in a survival situation in fresh water. The other pictures show some of the flies and the line that I have wrapped around a canister in my Boy Scout Survival Kit. I hope I never need them, but as the Boy Scouts say, "Be Prepared".
"Orange and Pink Feather Wing" 10" x 12" This is a quick study that I did in preparation for a series of flies I am collaborating with Marty Howard on. I was experimenting with techniques and colors. I have the original of this fly, and I notice a number of proportion issues that I will have to address when painting the final.
Original Available - send me an email for details.
Original - Sold
"Blind Fly" 8" x 10". I got this idea from my friend Woody Hansen. He started a painting by creating the initial sketch blindfolded. You can see him in action here. Woody called me the other night to check on my thumb. We ended up discussing artists like Milford Zorne and Henry Fukuhara who both had macular degeneration, but continued to paint essentially blind. Woody took this idea to see what he would come up with. The above fly was my attempt. Another idea Woody had was to smear Vaseline on eyeglasses. This way you would see shapes, but not be totally blind.
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