Hudson Valley Sketches -

  For the past several years, I've posted a Holidays in Ink challenge for those who wanted to play along with an easy-to-travel-with med...

This three page spread is about 10x22". I didn't take photos of the individual pages, but you can click the image to get a much ...

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

11x17", across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn 8.5x11" hardbound sketchbook Watercolor, Pitt Brush Pens, Fountain Pens,...

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

Golden Black Gesso Iridescent and Interference Acrylics Krylon Gold Leafing Pen Stillman & Birn 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook Just...

Quick boat studies 11x17" across a two page spread in my altered book Although I prefer to work just in one main art journal at a tim...

Click image for a larger, clearer view Pitt Pens and Watercolor Background prepared in advance with diluted acrylic At the end of the day, ...

Click image for a larger, clearer view Pentel and Pitt Brush Pens Watercolor Diluted acrylic background Fortunately one of the tigers at th...

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...

This was my last sketch of the day. I was all out of black background pages, so I went to this page. The surface was prepared with sprayed ...

Stillman & Birn 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook Golden Black Gesso Golden Interference Fluid Acrylics Gouache Sakura Gelly Roll pens ...

This was so much fun! (Image can be clicked for a larger, clearer view.) I used Golden Black Gesso to coat a few page spreads in my Stillma...

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

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...

Stillman & Birn Alpha 5.5x8.5" hardbound sketchbook Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng ink in a 0.3 (fine) Platinum Preppy fountain pen Pr...

My first big event of 2012 was my niece's wedding! She got married on New Year's Day, so we spent a few days in Maryland to take in ...

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