This is a 10″ x 14″ painting I did of Hoover several years ago. He was lying on an antique quilt in the sunshine, and I just couldn’t resist painting him. What was really funny, though, was that when I finished the painting, I propped it up on the daybed in my studio to step […]
Category: Sketchbooks
Kitty Week – Sketch #4
Two years ago, on Christmas Eve, it was a bitterly cold snowy night with howling winds, and, as my daughter, Sara, fumbled with the keys to her back door, trying to get in the house and out of the wind after spending Christmas Eve at our house, she looked down to find a skinny little […]
Kitty Week – Sketch #3
You’ll see a lot of sketches in my sketchbooks of cats and dogs sleeping, for obvious reasons. It’s really hard to draw them when they’re moving! Here, Hoover was more than happy to pose while napping on a snuggly chenille throw one sunny fall afternoon.
Kitty Week – Sketch #2
When I did my series of alphabet sketches last year, our cat Hoover posed for the letter “K”… Every day he takes a walk down the driveway, so focused and purposeful, like he’s walking to work or something. Where he goes, nobody knows. He also likes to sit on this stump and watch for mice […]
Kitty Week – Sketch #1
Feline aficionados, I have a treat for you – a whole week’s worth of kitty sketches! Let’s start with Genevieve, our 14-year old gray and white cat. She’s a sweetheart with a feisty side. She delights in taunting Buckley (my golden retriever) who is crazy jealous of her. She loves to snuggle up in a […]
Oak Leaf
Today was one of those fall days that I just want to hold onto and imprint on my mind, so I can take it out next winter on some grey, drizzly day and remember when the world was a riot of color. Some days it’s so achingly beautiful that I can hardly stand it! I […]
Red Rose Tea
Take a few minutes and relax … When I sketch, I usually do a rough pencil outline, then ink in the lines and add details and color. But I think it sometimes makes my sketches look more controlled than I would like. So, for this little sketch I challenged myself to complete it in […]
Sketches from Smith Mountain Lake, VA
I had such a busy summer, with Sara’s wedding, and work, and gardening, but all summer long, I kept daydreaming about a day in September that Fred and I were going to fly off to Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, for four days of doing nothing but, well, … nothing! Yes, I, the type-A, work-all-the-time, always-busy, […]
Grab Those Moments
I turned from folding laundry the other day to talk to my buddy, Buckley, and almost squealed at how ADORABLE he looked, with his big beautiful head resting on his favorite old scruffy teddy bear. He was so drowsy that he actually stayed in place while I dashed to grab my camera. I snapped a […]
Wedding Memories Sketch
After months of planning and eager anticipation, the day of our daughter Sara’s wedding flew by all too quickly. It was a whirlwind of activity from the moment I awoke until my head hit the pillow that night! I hardly had a moment to catch my breath until I was in my seat in the […]
