Hudson Valley Sketches -

  I've been excited to have a go at the Black and White on Toned Paper prompt (Process #6). When working on a toned surface, I nearly al...

  How are you all doing at the start of Week 2 of the Holidays in Ink Challenge ? Please let me know in the comments! I began Day 1 on Novem...

  Yesterday, I panicked! In spite of my posts and preparation so far, it suddenly dawned on me that Holidays in Ink was starting in two days...

Immature Bald Eagle, gouache on gray paper of a Stillman & Birn Nova Trio Sketchbook (Click title if full review does not appear.)

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink, 13x44" mural drawing Here's a fun challenge for you Megasketc...

A couple of my gouache (left) and watercolor (right) palettes with some little sketches. The small, airtight plastic container has tit...

Pentel Pocket Brush Pen  with Platinum Carbon Black ink If you open up the Roger Tory Peterson Field Guide to the Birds, the first th...

  11x17" (across the spread) in a Stillman & Birn Zeta Sketchbook Background monoprinted in several layers with a Gelli Printi...

  Iroshizuku Yama-Guri ink in a Hero 86 "Fude" nib fountain pen   I'd been hearing about these "fude nib" fountain...

You can click this image for a larger view Pitt Big Brush Pens (Raw Sienna and Nougat) and Pilot Petit1 fountain pen with Private Reserve C...

Antique water pump and wooden bucket: 11x8.5", Wolff's Carbon Pencil and wash in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound sketchboo...

Image can be clicked for a larger, clearer view Golden Black Gesso Diluted Golden Interference Acrylics Winsor Newton, Holbein, and Schminck...

Click the sketch for a larger, clearer image. Pentel Aquash Gray brush pen Pentel Pocket Brush Pen Watercolor Pitt Brush Pens Page backgroun...

Click image for a larger, sharper view. Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound 5.5x8.5" book Pitt Brush Pens Watercolor Background prepa...

Stillman and Birn Epsilon 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook Gouache Noodler's Apache Sunset ink I was back at Animal Kingdom with my s...

You can click this image for a larger, clearer view Stillman & Birn Epsilon 5.5x8.5" Hardbound Sketchbook Collage, ink, gesso, and ...

I remembered these red-orange birds from the last time I was at the zoo, so I prepared these border colors in advance and made sure to pack...

Warning: You are probably going to get very sick of teal and turquoise by the time I finish this sketchbook! I have fallen in love with a ne...

I met with my sketching group in the World of Birds exhibit at the Bronx Zoo. I was especially excited about this trip because I was going b...

Inks, watercolor, gouache and Cretacolor leads over an acrylic-toned background and border in my 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Alpha sk...