Hudson Valley Sketches -

Noodler's Apache Sunset ink, Private Reserve Naples Blue ink, watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Alpha hardbound sketchbook. Discus fi...

Inks, watercolor, gouache and Cretacolor leads over an acrylic-toned background and border in my 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Alpha sk...

When I recently did this sketch and discovered the joys of Noodler's Black Swan in Australian Roses ink , I decided that I need to find...

As I've been working my way through this Stillman & Birn Alpha journal, and doing my multi-part review, many people have asked me...

Ink and watercolor in my 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook. Image can be clicked to enlarge. Merry Christmas to all my vi...

(Click image for a larger, clearer view.) When my sketching group goes to Adams, we all meet in the cafe area for lunch at noon. It's ...

(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...

I had so much fun the last time I sketched at the new Adams Fairacre Farms in Wappinger that I couldn't wait to get back there for Round...

You can click the image for a larger, clearer view. A few weeks ago, I prepared two, two-page spreads with pastel ground. I just wanted to...

(Click image to enlarge.) These sketches were done using Sepia and White Cretacolor leads. The faces are pretty small, and I found myself w...

You can click on the image above to enlarge it and read the text. This sketch was done in my Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook. The page...

RiverWinds Gallery is located in Beacon, New York. They carry a lot of my paintings as well as work by other artists. They also have fabulo...

You can click the image above for a larger, clearer view. I think the text is clear enough on the clicked image to be legible, so I'm no...

You can click the image above to see a larger, clearer image. I'm sorry about the glare on these pages, but due especially to the irides...

(Click image if you'd like to see a larger version.) This two page spread in my Stillman and Birn Alpha Hardbound sketchbook was prepa...

  Can you believe how ugly these creatures are? As if the dead birds I'd sketched weren't enough, I rounded the corner and came upo...

Watercolor on an acrylic-prepared background, in a Stillman & Birn Alpha Hardbound sketchbook. Painted on location at Maritime Aquarium ...

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

This pastel sketch is about 7x9", in my Stillman & Birn Alpha book. It was done on a page with a prepared border, but for the firs...

This tree study was sketched from my studio window with my Stillman and Birn 5.5x8.5" Alpha book. I used Caran d'Ache Supracolor I...

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 ...

To see Part I of this review, click here . Each image in the post below can be clicked to enlarge it. Since I was having difficulty getti...

  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...