Hudson Valley Sketches -

Here's the post that many have been eagerly awaiting.... THE PROMPT LIST! If you haven't yet seen the post with the dates and other ...

  It's almost that time! You're invited to join me and a bunch of my friends for this fun, educational, and motivational, annual adv...

Here's a flip-through for you of the art journal from the Holidays in Ink Challenge! I'll be back with another post to further discu...

Holidays in Ink has just begun today! If you didn't have a chance to get started, don't worry; this Challenge is not a Sketch-a-Day ...

Holidays in Ink 2021-22 is almost here! Everything you need to know is in this post. DATES : Monday, November 22 through Sunday, January 2 (...

Everybody has been asking me if I am planning another Holidays in Ink challenge this year, and the answer is most definitely, "YES!&quo...

  Happy New Year, everybody! I can't believe Holidays in Ink is over. I'm still mentally processing everything from this challenge. ...

  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...

I can't believe we're more than half way through this challenge, and heading into Week 4. If you're doing the challenge also, le...

  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...

It's hard to believe that the Holidays in Ink Challenge will be starting in a week! I'm getting so excited about it that it's d...

During the busy holiday season, I'll be taking this Holidays in Ink Challenge, enabling me to just sketch with pen and paper when the go...

  Here in the northeastern United States, October is the month when we plein air painters flock outside to capture the very short burst of p...

Gouache on black paper Painted from life in Trish's back yard For landscape painters, being able to capture the character of a tr...

11x17" across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn Epsilon Hardbound sketchbook De Atramentis Rose De Atramentis Hyacinth ...

Many thanks to all of you for waiting so patiently for these preliminary results! For those who don't know what I'm talking about , ...

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

This Wednesday, February 15, I will be a guest on Write Time at 9! This is an almost-weekly webcast by the Goulet Pen Company. We will be re...

This image is clickable if you wish to view an enlargement. Quick figure sketches from photo references ( The Figure in Motion ) Pitt Big Br...

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