It’s so easy these days to get caught up in all the negatives that pervade our lives. Fear, worry, uncertainty, and a feeling of helplessness have become our companions this past year, and many of my art friends tell me that they’re experiencing a sort of artistic paralysis. So, I proposed a challenge in my […]
Category: Watercolor
Croatia Travel Journal – Finished!
I finished up my 2019 Croatia travel journal a few months ago but never got around to posting the last few sketches, and, since I hate to leave things unfinished, I thought I’d wrap up this project with one last post. Our day on the little island of Vrnik was one of the best of […]
Fall Road Trip Sketchbook – Part 2
My last post was all about our trip to the Delaware shore, but there’s more to the story. After four days in Cape Henlopen, we hooked up the camper and hit the road, headed for a park in Virginia that overlooks the Potomac River. All sketches done in a 5″ x 8″ Pentalic Aqua Journal […]
Sketching with Friends…Finally!
A few days ago I met up with a couple of my sketching buddies for a morning of drawing and painting at the Greene County Historical Society in Waynesburg, PA. Ink & watercolor in a 6-1/2″ x 5″ Khadi sketchbook with 140 lb. rough paper We all needed this, sitting together in the sunshine, painting, chatting, and […]
June 2020 Painted Calendar
Get ready for a mammoth post! June was filled to the brim with activities, and I captured them all on one 9″ x 12″ calendar page in my American Journey Journaling Sketchbook. 9″ x 12″, ink & watercolor in an American Journey Journaling Sketchbook (Click on this larger image file to see all the details) […]
Camping, Sketching, and Some Really Big Fish!
We went camping for a few days last week at Pymatuning State Park in northwestern Pennsylvania, and I managed to squeeze in one quick sketch before our grandkids arrived. Two-page spread in a Khadi 5″ x 6-1/2″ sketchbook (Click to enlarge) And I do mean quick! I spent about an hour on it, start to […]
Sketches from Croatia – Part 7 – Žrnovo
More armchair travel from my Croatia trip last fall… Most of our day trips on the island of Korcula had been to seaside towns, but one day we traveled a few kilometers inland to the lost-in-time village of Žrnovo. Sketch of buildings in Žrnovo by Leslie Fehling Ink & watercolor, 7.5″ x 7.5″, in a handmade […]
Sketches from Croatia – Part 6 – Sketching in Orebic
We pulled away from Korcula one morning on a ferry bound for the mainland where we would be sketching in the seaside resort of Orebic. That day, everyone chose their own view to sketch, and I picked this pretty iron gate. The flowers drew me in. I loved the way the pink flowers played off […]
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
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 […]
