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Maine…the Way Life Should Be (Part I)

Maine…the Way Life Should Be (Part I)

Welcome to Maine…the way life should be That’s the slogan on the welcome sign along the highway where you enter Maine on the coastal route, and I think it speaks to the feelings of most people vacationing in Maine. Wintertime may be challenging here, but summer is magical! I love coming in June. The weather […]

Illustrated Recipe: Mojito Watermelon

Illustrated Recipe: Mojito Watermelon

Don’t you love when you start seeing those great big bins of watermelons in the grocery stores? It always tells me that summer is almost here. I love having watermelon in season (I never buy it in the wintertime) and last summer I tried a watermelon recipe that has become one of my favorites… 9″ […]

Student Sketches from Boone

Student Sketches from Boone

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s behind-the-scenes look at my “Sketchbook Journaling Comes to Life!” workshop at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff in Boone, NC. Today I’d like to share with you some of the sketches done by my students while we were there. After my big introduction to sketchbook journaling on Monday morning, I started them off […]

My Wonderful Week at Cheap Joe’s

My Wonderful Week at Cheap Joe’s

I taught my first workshop at Cheap Joe’s Art Stuff in Boone, North Carolina, last week, and the whole experience was above and beyond anything I could have expected. My mother accompanied me on the trip to Boone, and we enjoyed gorgeous spring scenery the whole way through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, and North […]

Tuscany Sketches + Video!

Tuscany Sketches + Video!

I’ve been working on painting some of the unfinished sketches from my teaching trip to Tuscany last fall, and I’ll be sharing them with you as they’re completed. It’s getting me in the mood to go to Italy again! This page was drawn during a day trip to the tiny hilltop village of Certaldo Alto, […]

Spring Wildflowers Sketch

Spring Wildflowers Sketch

Something pretty to brighten your day…a hillside covered with wildflowers near Prosperity, PA. Woodland carpet of wild blue phlox, 5″ x 3-1/2″, watercolor in a  Moleskine sketchbook I just couldn’t pass them by without stopping to sketch. I always tell my students that sketchbook journaling is all about sketching what makes you say “Wow!”, what […]

Meet Maggie the Goldendoodle

Meet Maggie the Goldendoodle

Introducing….Maggie! A sweet, lovable Goldendoodle puppy who lives with her family in a cute cottage in Atlanta, the same cottage that I painted last December and shared with you in this post. “Maggie’s Dream”,  10″ x 12-1/4″, ink & watercolor on Saunders Waterford 140 lb. paper Maggie’s “grandma” commissioned me to do a portrait of […]

Let’s go to Provence!

Let’s go to Provence!

I have awesome news to share —– I’m going to be teaching in Provence in 2017! When the lavender is in bloom! Can you imagine anything prettier? I’ve been working with the folks at French Escapade, who have years of experience organizing artist tours, to plan our trip. Jackie Grandchamps is the owner of French […]

Sketching at Summerhill

Sketching at Summerhill

Yesterday I hosted the April “Sketching at Summerhill” event here at my house in Ruff Creek, PA. When I began these sketching get-togethers two years ago, the idea was to offer a way for like-minded artists to gather for a time of learning, drawing, and painting together in a relaxed environment. I wanted everyone to […]

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