2026.09.05 Tar Pits Park – Carpinteria
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I disappeared from Morning Practice yesterday—but not from the studio. Yesterday’s morning work stayed private. I was working out ideas for my next paintings. But this morning I came back to Tar Pits Park in Carpinteria—for the third time.
I’ve drawn this same view three times now. Each time I saw it a little differently. I changed the balance of the darks, opened up areas, simplified others, and tried to understand what was actually pulling me into the scene.
Now that I put all three together, there are things I like in each one.
Maybe that’s why I keep doing these. Morning Practice isn’t really about making the perfect drawing. It’s about looking—and then looking again.
Which one pulls you in?