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Sunday

Rain, Rain

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  It was pouring rain on Tuesday night and Wednesday. Rainy days are the perfect times to pull out those little antique shop items, paint f...
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Wednesday

Four Sketches of the Hudson River

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Click image for a larger view. I have a large oil painting commission to do of a scene along the Hudson. The other day, I grabbed my sketc...
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Monday

How to Become a Better Painter

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I think this one is self-explanatory!
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Sunday

Golden Iridescent and Interference Acrylics

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  As I said a few days ago, I've been playing with some shimmery colors lately and test driving how I can use them most effectively. I d...
Saturday

The Wedding Day

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

Traveling to Florida

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  My sister got married last weekend in Florida, so my husband and I flew down for the wedding. I didn't get much of a chance to sketch ...
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Thursday

Some pretty cool Daniel Smith watercolors

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  I received a Daniel Smith catalog in the mail the other day, and inside was a card with five colors that had interesting properties. The ...
Tuesday

A Special Gift

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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...
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Monday

Kaaterskill High Peak from Across the Beaver Pond

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This is my second-to-last sketch in my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project 2012. It's a view from across the beaver pond behind my...
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Saturday

The Many Sides of Mr Lute

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11x17" across a two page spread in a 8.5x11" Stillman & Birn Epsilon book Noodler's Zhivago in a Lamy Safari B nib P...
Friday

Soup 'N Sketch --- an illustrated recipe

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11x17", across a two-page spread in a Stillman & Birn 8.5x11" Epsilon hardbound sketchbook Pentel Pocket Brush Pen Water...
Thursday

Review of Some Waterproof Black Inks

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Those of us who use inks in our journals need to know which ones will be waterproof for use with watercolors, or dissolve with a brush for ...
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Wednesday

What if you were stranded somewhere without a sketchbook?

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Here's a sketchbook that can be made on the fly with a single sheet of paper, no matter where you are! (You may have to pause the ...
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Monday

Bits 'N Pieces

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(Click image for a larger view of the sketch.) A couple of weeks ago, my husband and I were out exploring at our place up in the Cats...
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Sunday

Breaking Out the Candles

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I know I promised some comparisons of black inks, but I've faced some unforeseen circumstances with this snowstorm in the Northeaste...
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Friday

Review of the New 2012 Noodlers #41 Brown Ink

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As many of you may know, Nathan (owner of Noodler's Ink Company) has been unable to continue making his popular #41 Brown. Artists, cal...
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Thursday

Eleven More Lightfastness Results Revealed

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These are the last sheets of my lightfastness tests for now. I'll be putting these back into the window to see how they fare over the n...
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Wednesday

Lightfastness Results of Fifteen More Ink Samples

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As promised, here are the results of my lightfastness testing to date of the following inks: Noodler's Bulletproof Black Parker Quin...
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Tuesday

More Ink Lightfastness Test Results

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A sheet of sample swabs of various popular fountain pen inks has been in my studio window since March 10. The samples I tested in that roun...
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Monday

Sketching the Lynx at the Newburgh NY Waterfront

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Today I went to sketch with my friend Virginia along the Hudson River at the Newburgh Waterfront. My plan was to sketch the cafes along the...
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Sunday

Finders Keepers

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Every so often, I find a little something special when out walking. These glass bottles and turkey feather I found while walking the dog...
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Friday

My new watercolor palette and layout

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I got this beautiful, new Schminke watercolor palette! It folds up nice and small, and is pretty easy to travel with. I decided that I w...
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Saturday

Study of an Old Maple Tree Trunk

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This was done out in my yard, using a 6B pencil in my Fabriano Venezia book. This old Maple has so much character from every angle. I di...
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Thursday

My Favorite Dessert Recipe

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RiverWinds Gallery is putting together a cookbook of favorite desserts by their artists and the gallery owners. I contributed a recipe a...
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Tuesday

Reviews of La Reine Mauve ink and Journaling Templates

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I got some great new art supplies to add to my journaling arsenal last week! I found this set of journaling templates by Karen Foster De...
Monday

Remnants and Review of Noodler's Kung Te-Cheng Ink

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I picked these flowers from around my property before the Hurricane Irene hit, and painted them out on the patio after the storm departe...
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Sunday

Hiking to North Point

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I'm still trying to catch up on photographing sketches and paintings and getting them posted! It's been hard to get that done on...
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Friday

Main House at Riga Farm and an Earthquake!

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Another sketch from Riga Farm Vic and I got here a bit late, so by the time I finished this second sketch, everybody was breaking for lunc...
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Thursday

Barns at Riga Farm

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Riga Farm Paintout Once again, LHVPAP member Melissa Fischer hosted a paintout at her parents' beautiful farm in Millerton, New York. ...
Wednesday

Have I Found My Ultimate Sketching Setup?

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I've been test driving this new setup for a couple of days now, and it has solved many of my "too many things to hold" proble...
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Tuesday

North South Lake Hike and Karen's Dahlias

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Text: Hiking around North South Lake Vic stopped to make a phone call, so I did this two minute sketch while waiting. (upper left) The c...
Monday

Falls at Moore's Bridge

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When you drive on Route 23a as it starts to wind through Kaaterskill Clove, you never suspect that hidden underneath the second bridge is t...
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Sunday

Falls along Kaaterskill Creek

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My husband and I went exploring along Kaaterskill Creek. I brought watercolors and my Fabriano Venezia sketchbook. We came upon a very popu...
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Thursday

Chairs with a Modified Cinquain poem

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In case you thought I fell off the face of the earth due to my lack of painting and sketching posts, fear not! My husband is on vacation for...
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Tuesday

Boulder Rock and Kaaterskill High Peak in the Catskill Mountains

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This sketch for The Sketchbook Project 2012 features Boulder Rock, with a view of Kaaterskill High Peak across the clove in the distance. I...
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Monday

Chatham Falls in Acrylic

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Can you believe that I did it yet AGAIN, painting this sketch of Chatham Falls upside down in my sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project 2012...
Saturday

Birch Trees at North Lake

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There are beautiful birch trees around North South Lake, though many have been claimed by the beavers in the past couple of years! I sketch...
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Friday

View from the Catskill Mountain House Site

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Before 1965, the Catskill Mountain House sat upon this rock ledge overlooking 60 miles of the Hudson River and the valley floor below, all ...
Wednesday

The Hudson River from Cold Spring

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This is one of my favorite spots in the world to paint. It's in Cold Spring-on-Hudson, New York. There is a point on the river facing no...
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Sunday

Blazing Fields and Glowing Sunset from Olana

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I spent a couple of days painting at Olana, mostly from this old carriage road called "Ridge Road". In Frederic Church's time...
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