Today is National Lighthouse Day in the USA. To participate in the celebration, here are two lighthouses I painted.

I use those sketches and photos to paint large formats in the art studio.

Quick water color sketch of a tarpon, certainly one of the most beautiful fish for artists… and fly fishers!

Quick plein-air water color sketch of a valley with a white hacienda in Andalusia, Spain.

Quick fine marker and watercolor sketch of the Cistercian Boyle Abbey, Co Roscommon, Ireland. Size 15 x 21 cm.

Quick travel watercolor sketch of Seychelles fishermen chatting in the shade of a coconut tree at Anse La Mouche bay, Mahé Island, Seychelles.

Quick watercolor and fine marker sketch of fishing boats on the banks of Lough Arrow, Ireland