Hudson Valley Sketches -

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 ...

The sketch above is Posie, my studio assistant, rendered directly with blue Big Brush Pitt Pens by Faber-Castell on heavy Pescia 100% rag...

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...

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...

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...

(Image is clickable if you'd like to see it larger and sharper.) When I got home from Adams the other day after doing this sketch, I d...

This sketch was done in an 8.5x5.5" Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook. The page border and background were prepared in advance, using ...

I went to the Jefferson Valley Mall with a group of artist friends, where we were nearly evicted by a security guard for sketching! These we...

To read this review from the beginning (Part I), click here . Finally the time had come to take the Alpha sketchbook on the road and answe...

To read this review starting with Part I, click here . Somebody wrote to me yesterday and asked, "Isn't part of the pleasure the ...

  Click here to skip to Part II, if you've already read Part I. Having recently completed a journal, I've been dealing with the is...

I think this one is self-explanatory!

My sister made these charming favors herself for her wedding guests. There was one at each place setting, with delicious chocolates and almo...

This statue has waited a long time to make it into my sketchbook! I really enjoyed using a monochromatic approach. It seemed to suit the...