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...

About five years ago, my daughter abandoned a makeup kit in the bathroom closet. It opened to reveal slide out trays with metal pan...

Immature Bald Eagle, gouache on gray paper of a Stillman & Birn Nova Trio Sketchbook (Click title if full review does not appear.)

When I want a bright white highlight on a sketch, I often count on white gouache to do the job. All whites are created equal, right? W...

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...

One of the things I experimented with in this blue Pescia book was silverpoint. Doesn't silverpoint have to be done on a hard sur...

There's been a lot of buzz out there lately about the new Gelli Printing Plates, which enable artists to use traditional acrylics to cre...

I've tried a lot of new products this year. Some I loved, some I hated, and some were okay but probably won't become staples in my s...

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...

Golden Airbrush Acrylics on Silverpoint Ground 8.5x11 across a two page spread in a Stillman & Birn Beta (180 lb) hardbound sketchboo...

11x17" across a two page spread of a Stillman & Birn Beta Hardbound sketchbook Golden Fluid Acrylics I think this is one of ...

11x17" across a two page spread in a prototype Stillman & Birn Beta hardbound book Golden Fluid Acrylics Writing done with P...

This classy-looking pouch is the Lihit Lab Teffa Pen Case . I've filled it with watercolor supplies to serve as a medium size waterco...

Many people have been asking me about this watercolor palette over the past couple of days. I have explained in a previous post what I di...

Finally, here is my review of the Nomadic PE-07 Pencil Pouch , otherwise known as my lightweight sketch kit! I'm going to give you a ...

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 an 8.5x11" Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound sketchbook Ink and Watercolor I'v...

  Iroshizuku Yama-Guri ink in a Hero 86 "Fude" nib fountain pen   I'd been hearing about these "fude nib" fountain...

Lexington Gray ink in a Lamy Safari fountain pen Watercolor and Gouache Stillman & Birn Epsilon 8.5x11" hardbound sketchbook I fin...

Golden Heavy Body Acrylic Neutral Grays , plus Black and Titanium White Stillman and Birn 8.5x11" hardbound Epsilon Sketchbook Those ...