If you’ve been reading my blog for long, you may remember a post I wrote last spring about my 5-5-5 Sketch Challenge. (Walk for five minutes, draw for five minutes, then paint for five minutes.) Last weekend, I thought I’d give it a try again, this time without my sidekick, a big, sloppy golden retriever […]
Category: Sketchbooks
Skiing and Sketching
I spent a few days visiting with family and friends this week at my mom’s place at Alpine Lake, near Terra Alta, West Virginia. I took advantage of all the snow they’ve had in the past few weeks and went out cross-country skiing several times while I was there. I brought home a nice reminder […]
12-12-12 in Our Little Corner of the World
It was just a day like any other, I guess, but I got a real kick out of the whole 12-12-12 thing. I just think it’s really cool! Like glancing at the clock and seeing that it’s 11:11 or 10:01, or looking at my odometer and seeing 12,345. It’s fun! Significant numbers give me a […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 3
As my friend and I drove toward the Santa Rita Mountains on the final day of my mini-vacation, we were looking forward to starting our first sketch of the day. We found a pretty spot on the road to Madera Canyon and began to set up our gear, but high winds forced us to retreat […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 2
On the second day of my short visit to Arizona, we spent most of our time at the beautiful Mission San Xavier where I did this composite page in my sketchbook. (Click to enlarge) 9″ x 6″, ink & watercolor I enjoy designing gridded pages, because you can include so many facets of a subject […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Arizona: Day 1
You all know I love to travel, and when my friend, Suzie, invited me to join her in Arizona for a few days of sketching, I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity. I’ve been to the southwest before but not since I took up sketching and never to the Tucson area. I was really looking […]
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 […]
