A Creative Journey, by Michael Mitchell

At first glance, you might think I'm back to painting more scenes from Maui, but actually, this is based on a photo I took at Santa Cruz...

I've been busy vacationing in Maui...seems like an oxymoron, but the way that I want to see everything there is to see, maybe it's n...

Another seascape inspired from my Santa Cruz vacation back in June. This was done from a photograph I had taken and done completely in my ...

Frequently when I am painting outdoors, I miss details that I don't notice until I get back to my studio. This painting of Round Mound a...

So I decided to find a spot without the crowds..a tough thing to do anywhere along Lake Tahoe. I went for a walk starting at Lakeside Beac...

Trying to escape the heat, my family headed up to South Lake Tahoe. The scenery up there never disappoints. One of our favorite beaches is...

The weather here in California is just too nice to paint inside, so I took advantage of a warm February afternoon to head down to the river....

There are so many opportunities to paint plein air at Lake Tahoe, sometimes I get overwhelmed. I just want to soak it in mentally, take pic...

Here is a pencil sketch inspired by a watercolor demo by Howard Luke Lucas...the fog coming in on a coastal canyon. Interpreting his wa...

It's interesting how things look different once you have different lighting on a painting. I realized that my Zephyr Cove painting did ...

Post 100 on my blog! Continuing my Tahoe vacation, I spent the day at Zephyr Cove hanging out at the beach getting thoroughly sunburned. Th...

I love sunsets and all the colors that light up in the sky, and the colors come even more alive with clouds. And here in California, sunsets...