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Monday

Pomeroy Falls

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Today I went to Pomeroy Falls in Platte Clove, and did a watercolor sketch for The Sketchbook Project 2012. It was an absolutely beautiful...
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Wednesday

The Half Moon --- Replica of Henry Hudson's Ship

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Today I went to paint the replica of Henry Hudson's ship, the Half Moon, but there was no good vantage point for an oil painting of the...
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Monday

Eurasian Eagle Owl and Emu at Discovery Zoo

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This two page spread features "Hoot", the Eurasian Eagle Owl, and "Freddy" the Emu. I never saw such huge feet on a bir...
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Sunday

Merlin the Chimp and the Peacock and Tortoise friends

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The challenge of sketching the chimps was that they were in the shade and so dark that it was hard to distinguish features. They presented ...
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Saturday

Camels and Macaws at the Discovery Zoo

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Camels seem to be in perpetual motion, so a portrait attempt was no easy feat. Not only do their heads move continually from side to side, ...
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Friday

Great Day at the Discovery Zoo

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Life as an artist is sometimes too much fun to be legal. I had such a great time at the Bronx Zoo a couple of weeks ago that I started won...
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Wednesday

Two More from the Bronx Zoo

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Watercolor, painted across a two-page spread in a 6x8" Stillman & Birn Delta sketchbook. The pages were prepared in advance with d...
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Saturday

Hiking in Kaaterskill Clove to Inspiration Point

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My husband and I hiked out to Inspiration Point, which overlooks Kaaterskill Clove to the east, west and south from South Mountain in Haine...
Thursday

Tree by the Lakeshore in Ink and Wash

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If you're interested in ink and wash materials and techniques, check out my guest blot post today for the Goulet Pen Company on their  I...
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Tuesday

Giraffes from the Bronx Zoo

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Watercolor and ink across a two-page spread in a Stillman & Birn Delta sketchbook. These were sketched at the Bronx Zoo, with the page ...
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Monday

Flamingos at the Bronx Zoo

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Last week I went to the Bronx Zoo with a group of artists. What a great place for a sketching trip! I even took out a membership so that I ...
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Thursday

The Sketchbook Project 2012 --- Peach Lake, Brewster NY

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Today I did my second entry for the Brooklyn Art Library's sketchbook collection, through The Sketchbook Project 2012 .  This was sket...
Wednesday

The Sketchbook Project 2012

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This is my first sketch for the The Sketchbook Project 2012! If you haven't heard about this annual, ongoing venture, you can check it ...

The Arrival of FedEx

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I figured I'd have a half hour or so to sketch, but my daughter re-emerged from her appointment in just 10-15 minutes! When I got home,...
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Tuesday

This Is Not the Bronx Zoo --- Rainy Day Sunflower in Watercolor

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Today is the day I'd been looking forward to for such a long time. I was planning to sketch at the Bronx Zoo. As you can tell from t...
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Review of the Nomadic Wise-Walker Messenger Bag

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I have been dreaming of getting this Nomadic messenger bag for sketching materials ever since I saw it on the internet. The messenger b...
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Monday

Sketching Karen's Waterfalls

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I've been painting and sketching the waterfalls on my own property lately, so when my friend Karen invited me to come and paint hers fo...
Tuesday

Five Minute Portraits on a Prepared Background

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You can click the image above to enlarge it. Well, I have to say, this was really fun! I prepared a background using diluted Golden Fluid...
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Saturday

Scrambled Easter Eggs --- Mixing Inks

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The Goulet Pen Company has an " Ink Drop " program where they send you five fountain pen ink samples at the beginning of each m...
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Wednesday

Sketchcrawl in Hudson NY

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Click any image to enlarge. Today I went sketching in Hudson, New York with artist friends Janice Filkins and Gretchen Kelly. The City of...
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Tuesday

Stillman & Birn Beta Series Sketchbook Review

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Above is a waterfall sketch that I did last night while test driving the Stillman & Birn Beta Series sketchbook . There are five dif...
Saturday

Rondo's Loyal, Royal Subjects --- International Fake Journal Month

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Rondo's International Fake Journal, continued. Click image to enlarge. If you'd like to see the rest of Rondo's journal, click t...
Thursday

A Peek Inside My Sketching Bag

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You can click on any images in this post to enlarge them. Everybody always wants to know what's in my sketching bag, so I thought I...
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