Category: Sketchbook Journaling

Sketches from Croatia – Part 5 – The Peaceful Village of Račišće

Sketches from Croatia – Part 5 – The Peaceful Village of Račišće

Are you ready for a getaway? Let’s escape to the island of Korcula in the Adriatic Sea, a place I visited last fall that seems like a dream now. Those days spent painting old stone buildings and aquamarine seas were among the happiest I can remember, and, over the past few months, I’ve been reliving […]

A May Calendar of Flowers

A May Calendar of Flowers

Springtime is a season of optimism and hope, a testimony to the fact that nothing lasts forever, including winter (and pandemics). 9″ x 12″, ink & watercolor in an American Journey Journaling Sketchbook with 140 lb. hot-press paper Every May, when the roadsides here in Pennsylvania are painted with the colors of wild phlox and buttercups, a […]

A Walk in the Woods

A Walk in the Woods

In mid-April my husband and I got out of the house one morning and headed for Mason-Dixon Historical Park in West Virginia, just a half hour from our home. We wandered through forests carpeted with wild violets and walked along the shores of Dunkard Creek where huge sycamore trees show off their mottled grey and […]

New Spots Open in “Sketch Now – Travel Later”

New Spots Open in “Sketch Now – Travel Later”

My foray into online teaching is starting off with a bang! I had planned to begin slowly with one class of 12 people, just to get my feet wet with “Zooming”. I’m partnering with my friends at French Escapade to offer a travel sketching workshop while we’re all cooped up at home. But…… the day […]

Safe at Home

Safe at Home

Every day, I remind myself…. Blue-grey Staedtler Fineliner pen, colored pencils, watercolor, & washi tape in a 3.5″ x 5.5″ Moleskine Japanese Album journal When I’m resenting the constraints on my life right now and longing for a return to normalcy, I try my best to focus on the ways in which this enforced isolation […]

Pandemic Days: Comfort Food, Walking, and a Few Tears

Pandemic Days: Comfort Food, Walking, and a Few Tears

I’ve filled twenty pages in my little COVID-19 sheltering-in-place journal over the past five weeks, and I think I’ll probably have time to fill the entire sketchbook before things get back to normal. Here are some of the sketches I’ve been working on… All sketches were done in a 3.5″ x 5.5″ Moleskine Japanese Album […]

NEW! Live Online class: Sketch Now – Travel Later

NEW! Live Online class: Sketch Now – Travel Later

I’m excited to announce my first LIVE interactive online classes…. Sketch Now ● Travel Later May 6 & 8 (SOLD OUT) May 11 & 13 (SOLD OUT) & May 26 & 28 (Register here)  1:00-4:00 PM (Eastern) “Sketch Now – Travel Later” offers an introduction to the process I use to create my travel sketches, as well as the […]

Guest Artist: Karen Colson, & “The Lost Continent of Quarantine” Sketch

Guest Artist: Karen Colson, & “The Lost Continent of Quarantine” Sketch

My friend Karen Colson from Carlsbad, California, has been sheltering in place for the past month, like the rest of us, and documenting her experiences on the pages of her sketchbook journal. I first met Karen during my Tuscany workshop in 2016, and she’s one of my favorite artists. I love her style and color […]

Our New Normal

Our New Normal

I mentioned in my last post that I had started a pandemic journal to document this weird and wild coronavirus roller coaster we’re on. The overriding theme that seems to be emerging as I complete one page after another in this quarantine sketchbook is change and the way our lives today differ from what’s normal. […]

Everyday Pandemic Days

Everyday Pandemic Days

Sketchbook journaling is all about capturing our everyday lives in visual form, so I’ve decided to start a pandemic journal to chronicle the strange times we’re living in. Here are the pages I’ve been working on the past few days… Ink & watercolor in a 3-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ Moleskine Japanese Album journal In my pandemic […]

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