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Sketches from Oak Island

Sketches from Oak Island

We take a family beach vacation every year, with kids, parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all sharing a house and spending long days together hanging out at the beach. But this year, for the first time, Fred and I had a chance to spend a second week at Oak Island, NC, later in the year, […]

Sketches from Alpine Lake

Sketches from Alpine Lake

The past few weeks have flown by and, with all that’s going on with finishing up our new house, I’m afraid I’ve fallen behind in posting some of the sketches I’ve done recently. So, I thought I’d play catch-up and show you some of what I’ve been up to. I went to Alpine Lake several […]

“How to Paint a Cheeseburger” + Week 6 Giveaway

“How to Paint a Cheeseburger” + Week 6 Giveaway Masthead for cheeseburger painting lesson

Sketchbook journaling is about everyday life. It offers a way to capture moments in time and hold onto them by drawing and painting what you see and experience. And what’s a bigger part of life than food?  My everyday sketchbooks and travel journals have food sketches scattered throughout their pages. Some were done at home… […]

“How to Paint a Rose” + Week 5 Giveaway

“How to Paint a Rose” + Week 5 Giveaway Masthead for rose painting lesson

If you’re like me, you love flowers in any shape, size, or color. But there’s just something about roses that makes them special, isn’t there? Is it their heady fragrance and luscious colors? The intricacy of their form? Or maybe it’s all the memories we associate with them. No matter what the reason, there’s no […]

Sketching at Oglebay

Sketching at Oglebay

Earlier this week, I had a chance to get together with some of my art friends at beautiful Oglebay Park in Wheeling, WV, for a few hours of sketching (and chatting, of course!) It was a blisteringly hot day, but there were plenty of shady spots where we could settle in to draw. I couldn’t […]

“How to Paint a Cinque Terre Sunset” + Week 4 Giveaway

“How to Paint a Cinque Terre Sunset” + Week 4 Giveaway

If you’ve looked at my Leslie Fehling Studio site, you may have noticed this week’s featured lesson, How to Paint a Cinque Terre Sunset, and wondered… “What’s a Cinque Terre?” or “Where the heck is Cinque Terre?” or “How on earth do you pronounce Cinque Terre? Is that Italian? Spanish?” Because the lesson title might […]

Laurel Hill Sketch

Laurel Hill Sketch

Fred and I went camping last week at Laurel Hill State park. It’s up in the mountains east of Pittsburgh, a great place to get away from it all. (Translation: there was no cell service.) Our campsite at Laurel Hill When I talk about camping, I really mean “glamping” – we aren’t exactly roughing it […]

“How to Paint French Macarons” + Week 3 Giveaway

“How to Paint French Macarons” + Week 3 Giveaway

Have you ever tasted a macaron? These cute, colorful, double-decker meringue cookies come in an amazing range of flavors, anything from strawberry and vanilla to pistachio, salted caramel, mocha, and rose petal. They are the perfect combination of crunchy, crusty outer shell and soft, chewy inner tastiness. And the fillings are nothing short of swoonworthy. […]

Rocky Mountain Creek Sketch

Rocky Mountain Creek Sketch

Our three-day camping trip earlier this month to Caledonia State Park near Chambersburg, PA, was a spur-of-the-moment getaway. Just finding an open site at any campground is a challenge these days, so we were lucky to find a spot in the heart of central Pennsylvania just a few hours from home. If you’d like to […]

Gettysburg Sketch

Gettysburg Sketch

My husband and I went camping last week near Gettysburg, PA, and spent a day visiting the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and driving around the battlefield. We followed the auto tour through beautiful Pennsylvania farmland with fields of corn, split rail fences, and beautifully restored Civil War-era farmhouses.  5 x 8 Pentalic Aqua Journal […]

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