A Creative Journey, by Michael Mitchell

So I have taken my painting of Half Dome and have tried to "fix" some of the problems that I saw, mainly that Half Dome was not t...

So my third Yosemite inspired painting... Half Dome. This one is still a work in progress. I'm taking a step back to figure out where to...

Here is another Yosemite inspired painting. I am still working from some photos that I took during my visit there last month. Yosemite Falls...

Sonoma Valley Vineyard, 11 x 17 This piece had been sitting as a pencil outline sketch for almost a year, and it called to me this week...

One of my favorite shows this season has been the Shannara Chronicles on MTV. It had it's season finale last week so I thought I would d...

Although this doesn't seem like much of a Valentine's day post, the Sunrise pedestrian bridge is one if the places I took my wife ...

The quetzal is the national bird of Guatamala, as well as being on their flag. The more colorful one, shown here, is the male. The reason th...

I first started this "creative journey" of mine back in 2012, and every once in a while, I like going back and looking at some of ...

As a New Year's resolution, I have decided to take more chances with my art, and not worry about ruining it.  So I decided to revise...

 Happy 2016! Since I planned on staying warm and cuddling with my wife for a calm and mellow New Years Eve, I had some rime to start this pa...

This landscape painting was originally inspired by a screensaver photo so I don't know who to give the photo credit to, or even a locati...

It is finally feeling like fall weather here in Sacramento! Yesterday was a sunny but crisp morning in the 40's and normally I would not...

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...

Hummingbirds are my wife's favorite bird and with a feeder right outside our window, we see them all of the  time.  Hummingbirds symbol ...

This painting was based on a photo posted by the G+ community Group Watercolor Painting . I took some artistic license with it since the app...

This painting is based on a photo I took while visiting a local nursery having a harvest festival. They had piles and piles of pumpkins read...

Here is a painting based on a photo posted by the Group Watercolor Painting community on G+ Of a hydrangea. The hydrangea has a ball with hu...

Iao Needle, located within the Iao Valley State Park is one of the most recognizeable landmarks in Maui, not only for its striking natural b...

Honu is the word Hawaiians use to refer to the green sea turtles that come and hang out all around the islands. The are so graceful as the...

Hawaii is known for its waves...and after being out in them for a little while, I needed something calm and relaxing to do for a while so ...