Hudson Valley Sketches -

  The Holidays in Ink Challenge certainly got me out of my comfort zone this week. I had some new art adventures, discovered more about what...

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...

One of the most important goals in my 600-page Project Megasketch was to develop line quality, and move away from chicken-scratchy typ...

If you're an artist who doesn't like winter, maybe this post is for you! I used to hate winter. If you live in a cold climate an...

Every once in awhile, we need to just throw paint. That's what I was in the mood for when I did these two acrylic sketches! They were...

10x8", Noodlers Luxury Blue ink in  my Pescia light blue journal A good friend sent me flowers for my birthday during the time I w...

If you're a fountain pen aficionado, sketch with ink and dip pens, love Pitt Brush pens, or the coverage you get with colored pencils...

11x17" across a two page spread of a Stillman & Birn Epsilon Hardbound book Watercolor and Pitt Big Brush Pens Sometimes it&...

Two page spread from a Stillman & Birn Beta prototype hardbound sketchbook Watercolor, 6x18" (across the spread) Click image...

Image can be clicked for a larger version 6x18" on Stillman & Birn Beta paper Watercolor My favorite way to work in wate...

  I've been sketching quite a bit lately, but haven't had enough time at the computer to get all the images photographed and posted...

Watercolor on acrylic-primed Strathmore Aquarius II watercolor paper I made some cards to send letters to my Mom, who is over 1,000 miles a...

Private Reserve Chocolat and Private Reserve Velvet Black Inks, mixed about 3:1  in a Platinum Preppy fountain pen, and washed with a waterb...

Click image for a larger, clearer view. Pitt Big Brush Pens Stillman & Birn Epsilon 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook It's time fo...