Category: Paintings

A Funny Thing Happened While I Was Out Sketching

A Funny Thing Happened While I Was Out Sketching

It was a gorgeous Sunday afternoon in early March when I set off down the road from our house to do a little sketching. I wanted to add a page or two to my Greene County sketchbook and thought I’d meander along the back roads until I found just the right spot. I didn’t have […]

My Homemade Sketch Kit for Painting On the Go

My Homemade Sketch Kit for Painting On the Go

On my way to the grocery store this afternoon, I decided to dawdle a bit and stop to sketch this hot pink house that I pass every time I go to town. Watercolor, pen & ink, 3-1/2″ x 5″ I did a light pencil sketch first, just to make sure I had the proportions right, […]

A Case of Mistaken Identity

A Case of Mistaken Identity

It was a startlingly bright afternoon last November, when I gave in to my longing to leave my work and head outdoors to do a little sketching. After several cold, drizzly days, the warm afternoon and deep blue sky were calling me. I grabbed the backpack that I keep stocked with sketching supplies, hopped in […]

Listening to That Little Voice

Listening to That Little Voice

My last few posts were all about the sketches I did when my husband and I took a short trip to Pensacola Beach, Florida. Well, after I wrote that last post, I took one final look at my Pensacola sketchbook, closed it, and put it on a shelf with all the others. But something kept […]

Sunshine Getaway, Days 3-4

Sunshine Getaway, Days 3-4

Wrapping up our trip to Pensacola … Here’s the sketch I mentioned yesterday, drawn when we had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the harbor. Watercolor, pen & ink, 6″ x 9″ It was the most delicious meal I had on the trip. Simply delectable! Detail The next morning we went exploring and drove east on […]

Sunshine Getaway, Day 2

Sunshine Getaway, Day 2

Our visit to Pensacola, Florida, continued… Since my husband, Fred, is a pilot, we had to keep our priorities straight and visit the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola Naval Air Station our first morning in town. Usually I get bored with airplanes after about fifteen minutes, but this musem was really great. They […]

Chairs, Chairs, and More Chairs!

Chairs, Chairs, and More Chairs!

I just finished the final page in a sketchbook that I’ve been working in, off and on, for almost two years. I thought I’d share a few of the pages, before it takes its place on a shelf in my studio. During the winter of 2010, I started a series of chair sketches. It was […]

Hot Off the Press! Sketchbook Journeys: Ireland

After a frustrating week of trying to teach myself how to use Photoshop and InDesign to do book layouts, I’m happy to announce that my Ireland travel sketchbook is now available as a paperback book from Blurb.com. You can preview it by clicking below or on this link. Sketchbook Journeys: Ireland by Leslie Fehling I […]

Cozy Cottage House Portrait

Cozy Cottage House Portrait

I had a request a few weeks before Christmas to do a house portrait of this cute little lakefront cottage in upstate New York, and I managed to squeeze it into my schedule and mail it off in time for the big day. The homeowners were really tickled with it, and that makes me very […]

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