The Christmas tree in front of the courthouse has been decorated, and every lamp post in town is dressed in evergreens and red ribbons. It’s time for the Waynesburg Downtown Holiday Open House! This Friday night, our town will be bustling with street musicians, horse-drawn carriage rides, and choirs of carolers, not to mention shoppers […]
Category: Greene County
Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting: “Autumn Glow”
It was one of those absolutely perfect fall days when I grabbed my sketch kit and headed out across the fields. The sky was a brilliant blue, and the trees in the woods fairly glowed in the sunshine. Fall was almost over, and I was determined to hold onto it the only way I knew, […]
Saturday Sketching at Artbeat
I spent a relaxing Saturday afternoon filling in at Artbeat last weekend and had a free hour at the end of the day to do a little sketching. This is the sitting area in the back room where visitors are invited to kick back with a cup of tea and linger awhile. 3-1/2″ x 5″, […]
Sketching on the Go
Sometimes the biggest challenge with art is just finding the time to do it. Sketching solves that problem – it only takes a few minutes to record a slice of life. My days have been really busy lately, with lots of pre-holiday orders in my sewing business and two sweet babies to help care for, […]
Greene Scene: The Historical Society Museum
I occasionally join my husband for a flight in the vintage Super Cub that he flies out of the grass strip here at our house. I don’t go up too often, because I’m just not a big fan of small enclosed spaces (and heights), but it is fun on a summer evening, when the colors […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 58
I think I like the idea of a picnic more than I actually like picnicking itself. Lounging around on a patchwork quilt, looking out over a beautiful view, nibbling on cheese and crackers, and sipping a glass of Chardonnay – that’s the way I picture picnicking… relaxing, idyllic, and maybe even romantic. Thus, my request […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 33
When I took my car in to have the wheels balanced in mid-July, the guy mentioned that my inspection was overdue by two months – oops! I never even noticed. I’m blaming it on my husband – the cars should be his job, right? Oh, well, I have a brand new sticker on the van […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 28-29
Whew! It’s been a busy week. I finished up my first Sketchbook Journaling class, which I was teaching here at home, on Thursday, and today I started a new one at our local public library. Seems there’s a lot of interest in learning how to sketch – that makes me happy. I want others to […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 22-23
I have a collection of pale aqua antique medicine bottles that I’ve begun filling with sand from the beaches we visit. They sit on a shelf in my studio, reminding me of those sunlit days and crashing waves, and making me long to escape. 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, drawn with a black superfine Pitt […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 11-17
I’ve been sketching up a storm and managing to stick to the challenge rule of drawing directly with a pen. I occasionally bend the rules a tiny bit by using a pencil to lay out the lettering, like in the sketch below, but the subject matter is all drawn in ink. (All sketches are done […]
