I’m in Maine! We’re having a wonderful week of painting, fellowship, feasting and fun. My mother and I left home last Thursday with a loaded van and two friends who were joining us for the week. That’s Cathy, me, my mother Saundra, and Candy, ready for a r-e-a-l-ly long drive. It’s 16 hours from my […]
Category: Travel
Recent Sketches + Maine Preview!
It was a beautiful sunny day when I painted at the first annual garden party at the historic David Bradford House in Washington, PA. People strolled through the gardens, listening to live guitar music and nibbling on tasty hors d’oeuvres. I set up on the lawn where I had a perfect view of the old […]
Travel Sketch Kit + Texas Travel Sketches
(Continuing my posting of sketches from the Monologue Basics A5 sketchbook that I reviewed here.) My husband and I spent five days in Texas last fall visiting friends in San Antonio. I didn’t think I’d have a lot of time to sketch, so I took a minimum of supplies, but it turned out to be […]
Sneak Preview! Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting: Terracotta Tile Roofs
In just a few short months I’ll be going back to Italy! I can’t wait to see the Tuscan hills again and enjoy the endless delights of fresh, delicious Italian food. And the gelato…don’t even get me started on that! October 3-10, 2015, will find me teaching a week-long workshop in Sketchbook Journaling at Fattoria […]
Winter Getaway: Sun, Fun, and Painting!
Five days of sunshine, warm breezes, and gorgeous aquamarine water are enough to lift anyone’s spirit. Stepping off of a plane in Florida in January is like emerging from a long, dark, damp, cold tunnel that you thought you’d never see the end of. There were palm trees and flowers and people wearing shorts! What […]
It’s Here! Grab a Copy of “Sketchbook Journeys: Italy”
Ever since I finished my Italy travel journal, I’ve been wanting to publish it as a Blurb book, just like I did with my Ireland sketchbook back in 2011. But it’s been over a year since I put the final brushstroke on that last sketch of Pisa, and this project just kept getting pushed to […]
A Dream Fulfilled…Teaching in Tuscany!
Ever since I sketched my way through Italy a year ago, I’ve dreamed of going back one day and taking a group of sketching friends with me. Well, my friends, it’s happening! I’ve been invited to return to Tuscany in 2015 to teach sketchbook journaling, and I’d love for you to come along! In early […]
It’s A Perfect Day in Maine
I’m in Maine on vacation with my mother, sister, niece, and good-friend-who’s-like-a-sister, and we’re having the BEST time! We’re staying in a pretty house in Owls Head, just south of Rockland in mid-coast Maine. The weather has been amazing – the air is crisp and clear and everything is so gorgeous I can hardly stand […]
Finishing Touches to My Italy Travel Journal
I always wait to do the title page for a travel journal until after I’ve completed all the sketches. I like to get a feel for what the content of the journal is before deciding on the style and subject matter for the title page. 10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day16 (Home at last!)
Well, here I am, almost a year after I flew off for my Italian adventure, and I’m finally posting the final pages of my travel journal – I’m nothing if not persistent! 10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta series sketchbook It’s been fun reliving the journey as I finished up […]
