Category: Sketches

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 10 (Sketching in Lupia)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 10 (Sketching in Lupia)

After spending the morning at the market in Vicenza, we decided to take it easy in the afternoon. It was our last day in Northern Italy – we’d be leaving the next morning for Tuscany – and we wanted to do a little sketching. 10″ x 7″, watercolor and brown Pigma Micron pen in Stillman […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 10 (Market Day in Vicenza)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 10 (Market Day in Vicenza)

This journal page starts out with a continuation of my day in Venice, then I wrote about market day in Vicenza, which was great fun. 10″ x 7″ ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook The town was bustling with crowds of people, everybody happy and excited about all the goings-on. Housewives […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice Canals)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice Canals)

So much to see, and so little time! That’s what it felt like on my one day in Venice. Of course I toured St. Mark’s Basilica, visited the Rialto Market, and strolled along the Grand Canal, but one of the best things I did that day was to take the time to wander off into […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Pigeons in Venice)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Pigeons in Venice)

Can you imagine Venice without pigeons? They’re such a part of the city that I felt they deserved a page in my travel journal… These four are making the loveliest shadows as they perch on a lamp support on the clock tower in the Piazza San Marco… And this group has found something worth investigating… […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Rialto Market, Venice)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Rialto Market, Venice)

While winter winds howl outside and the temps hover around zero here in Pennsylvania, I’ve been contentedly ensconced in my studio, painting the colorful fruits and vegetables at the Rialto Market in Venice.   10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook   I did the drawing on this page in […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice + Time-Lapse Video)

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 9 (Venice + Time-Lapse Video)

10″ x 2″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook As I rode the train from Vicenza to Venice on Day 9 of my Italian adventure, the colors were soft and muted. Church spires peeked above the fog as we passed by small towns and farms. It was a quiet, relaxed trip, […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Piazza San Marco, Venice + Step-by-Step

Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Piazza San Marco, Venice + Step-by-Step

Ready to escape to Italy for some fun in the sun? Come along with me as I work on finishing up the travel journal I started on my two-week trip to northern Italy and Tuscany last spring. I worked feverishly on the sketches last spring and summer, adding watercolor to line drawings I had done […]

Remembering A Sweet, Smiling Samoyed

Remembering A Sweet, Smiling Samoyed

It tears at my heart when someone I care about loses a pet. I know how gut-wrenching the loss of a dog can be because I’ve been through it so many times. A beloved companion was there one day, and then he was gone, leaving a gaping hole in our lives with his passing. To […]

Waynesburg Doors

Waynesburg Doors

I live in a community which dates back to the 1700s, so there is no shortage of beautiful old houses around here. I’ve painted many of them over the years, but for this recent sketch I narrowed down my focus to some of my favorite front doors.   9″ x 12″, ink & watercolor, Aquabee […]

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