Hudson Valley Sketches -

Sometimes you just have to let go.

I'm continuing with some palette ideas I started last winter and spring. You can see a couple more of them in this post from May . I...

This is a 10x22" spread across three pages in my blue Pescia journal. You can click on it to enlarge the image. ( Here is a link to...

11x14" Monotype print across the two page spread of an 8.5x11" Stillman & Birn Zeta hardbound sketchbook After spendi...

Click image for a larger, clearer view Watercolor and acrylic on paper (9x12" Stillman & Birn Beta Wirebound sketchbook) T...

Design Studies 3-6 Acrylics in a 9x12" Stillman & Birn Beta Wirebound Sketchbook I'm going back to basics for awhile to ...

Golden Airbrush Paints (painted with a regular synthetic brush) Stillman & Birn Beta Hardbound Sketchbook This sketch was d...

11x17" across a two page spread in an 8.5x11" Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound sketchbook Ink and Watercolor I'v...

 7.5x15", watercolor on Arches Rough Text is Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng ink in a Platinum Preppy fountain pen Back in December, I pla...

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

11x17" across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound book Pitt Big Brush Pens Image can be clicked for a larger, ...

This tree study was sketched from my studio window with my Stillman and Birn 5.5x8.5" Alpha book. I used Caran d'Ache Supracolor I...

Click image for a larger view. I have a large oil painting commission to do of a scene along the Hudson. The other day, I grabbed my sketc...

This is my second-to-last sketch in my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project 2012. It's a view from across the beaver pond behind my...

Today I went to sketch with my friend Virginia along the Hudson River at the Newburgh Waterfront. My plan was to sketch the cafes along the...

This was done out in my yard, using a 6B pencil in my Fabriano Venezia book. This old Maple has so much character from every angle. I di...

Riga Farm Paintout Once again, LHVPAP member Melissa Fischer hosted a paintout at her parents' beautiful farm in Millerton, New York. ...

Can you believe that I did it yet AGAIN, painting this sketch of Chatham Falls upside down in my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project 2012...

Before 1965, the Catskill Mountain House sat upon this rock ledge overlooking 60 miles of the Hudson River and the valley floor below, all ...

This is one of my favorite spots in the world to paint. It's in Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York. There is a point on the river facing no...