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Sketches from Maine: Part 5 – Weather Vanes and Lobster

Sketches from Maine: Part 5 – Weather Vanes and Lobster

Aren’t weather vanes cool?  I just love them and decided to start taking pictures of all the different ones I came across on our trip to Maine earlier this month. There are so many nice old ones on historic homes and businesses in New England. (All sketches were done in a 9″ x 6″ Stillman […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 4 – Sea Glass

Sketches from Maine: Part 4 – Sea Glass

I’m hooked on huntiing for sea glass. Every summer when we go to Maine, I spend hours along the shore with my eyes trained on the ground, looking for the perfect specimen. 9″ x 6″, watercolor and pencil in a hardcover Stillman and Birn Alpha series sketchbook Large chunks are exciting…   but the colors […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 3 – Rain and Sunshine

Sketches from Maine: Part 3 – Rain and Sunshine

I’m glad I took the time to keep a written record of our week. It’s so easy to forget about everything that happens on a vacation if you don’t write it down. I usually did my journaling in the evening before I went to bed, putting everything down on the page in pencil rather than […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 2 – Exploring

Sketches from Maine: Part 2 – Exploring

Since we got to Maine a day before my workshop was to begin, we had time to play a little on Saturday before checking into our rental cottage. We sketched at Pemaquid Point in the morning (awesome!) then shopped awhile in the cute little village of Damariscotta.  (All sketches were done in a 9″ x […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 1 – On Our Way

Sketches from Maine: Part 1 – On Our Way

Well, after all the lead-in of photos and Facebook posts, are you ready to finally see some sketches from my sketching trip to Maine? Here’s the first batch, with more to follow tomorrow…… Ink & watercolor + gel pen + stamping with watercolor The sketchbook I took with me was a 9″ x 6″ Stillman […]

New Class this Winter: “Advanced Watercolor Explorations”

New Class this Winter: “Advanced Watercolor Explorations”

Over the past few years, I’ve seen that many of my sketchbook journaling students would like to build on what they’ve learned in my introductory classes and become more proficient with watercolors. They don’t want to paint huge masterpieces, they simply want to be more comfortable with the medium and less frustrated when trying to […]

Feel Like a Kid Again in My New Fall Classes

Feel Like a Kid Again in My New Fall Classes

Remember how much fun you had with art as a kid? Back then you felt free to create without fear or self-consciousness, and you were limited only by your imagination. Your style wasn’t like anyone else’s and you didn’t care what anyone thought of your artwork – you did it just for yourself, for the […]

A Dream Fulfilled…Teaching in Tuscany!

A Dream Fulfilled…Teaching in Tuscany!

Ever since I sketched my way through Italy a year ago, I’ve dreamed of going back one day and taking a group of sketching friends with me. Well, my friends, it’s happening! I’ve been invited to return to Tuscany in 2015 to teach sketchbook journaling, and I’d love for you to come along! In early […]

Like A Proud Parent…

Like A Proud Parent…

I’ve been teaching a lot of classes lately, and it’s been such an incredibly gratifying experience. I feel just like a proud parent when I walk around the classroom and see the fantastic, creative, original work that my students are doing. I learn so much from them! They listen to my ideas and instructions, then […]

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