A Creative Journey, by Michael Mitchell

I guess I have been a little obsessed with waterfalls, but spring time is the best time for it. I have had McArthur-Burney Falls on my bucke...

I have not sketched from a model in quite some time, so when the Rancho Cordova city hall offered an evening of drawing, I took them up on i...

I was being drawn to do some geometric art. Back when I was young, I loved geometry...not so much the theorems and postulates, but how lines...

This is a quick pencil sketch of an idea that came to me a while back. I used a reference photo of my cat sitting on my lap.  The foresh...

So I guess I've got a Star Wars theme going here: Kylo Ren , a stormtrooper , and Boba Fett . So it wouldn't be complete without a p...

I guess I've got a Star Wars theme going here. Here is some retro Star Wars for you: Boba Fett. I started this portrait as a quick penc...

I got some new pencils for Christmas and decided to take them for a spin. I am always sketching with a #2 pencil and that is what I am us...

Of all the trends in 2015, I thought this one was quite silly. So let's commemorate duck face with a drawing! The biggest challenge ...

Star Wars is all the rage right now, so I thought I would try my skills at Kylo Ren, the new Star Wars villain. I won't put any spoilers...

This is a potrait piece of actress Katie Findlay. To give proper credit, it was taken from a freeze frame of the movie "The Bridge...

Everywhere you look here in Hawaii, you see tribal drawings...logos, window decals, tattoos. I thought I would give it a try on some of the ...

Originally, I had done this mountain landscape in pencil, inspired by a watercolor demonstration by Dale Laitinen.  It's fun to transf...

My daughter has been asking me to draw or paint a wolf ever since I painted our cat, Rosie for her. This is my first attempt, with some hel...

It's been a while since I have painted due to crazy schedules, so with some free time, I find myself at the beach.  The only time I ...

What artist can resist doing a self portrait at some point? I have done self portraits in pencil: one back in college which is lost somewher...

Ok, after last week's portrait practice, I decided I better practice some more. Here is a sketch I did during a watercolor workshop by...

It has been more than 6 months since I have painting from a live model so I'm a little out of practice. I headed over to Patris' St...

Many artists that I have talked to do value studies with a quick pencil sketch before they start a painting. I usually just throw a couple ...

I came across this art competition on Instagram called skull-moth-flower. The rules were simple...the art has to include a skull, a moth, a...

This sketch was inspired by a demonstration put on by WASH (Watercolor Art of Sacramento Horizons) at Sacramento Fine Arts Center.   The dem...