Several weeks ago Jessica Mack of  Brown Paper Bunny http://blog.brownpaperbunny.com/2014/11/how-to-make-your-own-mini-watercolor-tin.html ...

In week 5 of Sketching Now, Liz explored measured setups.  Learning how to look at objects, measure the distance, and draw them as accurate...

Sketching Now Lesson 4 we looked at constructing volumes.  Trying to develop eye and hand coordination.  Needless-to-say, my hand did not w...

  Week 3 of Sketching Now Foundation Course looking at abstract shapes. This week we looked at abstract shapes--mapping the light and dark...

This week's assignment for Sketching now Feeling the edges was to do point to point drawings of items from the kitchen, and a outside p...

  I'm taking a 12 week online class with www.Lizsteel.com This is just a sampling of my homework for the week.  I really like her appr...

My Shih Tzu Maddie spends a lot of her day following me through out the house when I am home.  This was a quick sketch of her looking at me...

I just love it when fall comes.  The hills start to turn colors and the weather starts to get cooler.    I used handmade watercolor pap...

I'm excited about the workshop that I'll be going to in April 2015.  I discovered Jean Haines blog a couple years ago.  Then she ca...

I think I used all my art supplies painting this picture.  I made the mistake of not leaving enough white that I had to use gesso to shape ...

I wanted to capture the meadow of trees before they completely changed colors.  I used Derwent Intense colored pencils on toned paper.   ...

I just love the colors of the ocean, especially the different shades of green.  I used Sennelier watercolors and a 1/2" dagger brush. ...

This started out as a painting of roses hanging from the vine, but I over worked and turned the painting into an abstract.  Colors are a bi...

  Here's my take on Eastern blue birds.  The female has the grey/blue feathers with a white belly and the male has a bright orange br...

  I love daffodils when they are in bloom.  When there not in bloom, I paint them.  I used watercolor pencils to lay in the outline of th...

  Today is my husband's birthday.  He likes celebrating his birthday with presents, going out to dinner, and cake, but has a real iss...

I know it's been  awhile since I last posted, but I have been making art.  I just find it time consuming to scan.  Today I decided to u...

As long as I'm been painting in watercolors, I've never really thought about sketching with watercolor pencils instead of using a p...

I recently bought a Stillman & Birn Beta Series 7 x 7 journal.  I've been reading good stuff about Stillman & Birn, so I wanted...

For the last several months I've been taking this on going botanical painting class online with Billy Showell.  The month of August les...