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...

  In preparation for my Holidays in Ink challenge, I've got my eyes open for supplies that might be interesting to work with. That'...

  A friend of mine gave me a really cute tin filled with 30 cold press Hannemule watercolor postcards. ( https://amzn.to/3cceRSN .) You can ...

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

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...

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

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...