Hudson Valley Sketches -

I've had an urge to do some small watercolor sketches of animals from photos I took at the zoo over the last couple of years, so I&...

This has been a long couple of months away from my art. My husband's uncle passed away, my daughter was in the hospital, and my young...

Today, I'm not bringing you a sketch. Instead, I'd like to direct your attention to the Golden Video Library . I'm always surpri...

(click sketch to enlarge) Sketched at RiverWinds Gallery in Beacon NY Pitt Big Brush Pens (cool greys) and watercolor on Stillman &...

You may think I've played with just about every art product on the market at one time or another, but every year I seem to discover or r...

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...

Happy 2013 to all my viewers! I'd like to start off the new year by sharing my favorite discoveries and new products of the past year...

These are snowflakes I made today for Sandy Hook, to decorate the barren middle school building that is being refurbished for the survivi...

Artist friends and families with children: Anybody who wishes to make paper snowflakes to help decorate the unused, barren middle school th...

Last year, I began some lightfastness testing on the full line of Noodler's Eternal Inks, as well as pigmented and iron gall inks by oth...

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...

Click image for a larger, clearer view Watercolor and acrylic on paper (9x12" Stillman & Birn Beta Wirebound sketchbook) T...

8.5x11" across a two page spread of a 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Beta Hardbound Sketchbook Ink and Watercolor On the wa...

8.5x11" across a two page spread in a 5.5x8.5" Stillman & Birn Beta hardbound sketchbook Ink and Watercolor I went to...

Design Studies 3-6 Acrylics in a 9x12" Stillman & Birn Beta Wirebound Sketchbook I'm going back to basics for awhile to ...

Stillman & Birn Beta hardbound sketchbook Watercolor Noodler's Luxury Blue Ink Lamy Safari with EF nib Sketched during o...

Stillman & Birn 5.5x8.5" hardbound Beta sketchbook Watercolors Lamy Safari with EF nib and Noodler's Luxury Blue Pit...

Golden Airbrush Paints (painted with a regular synthetic brush) Stillman & Birn Beta Hardbound Sketchbook This sketch was d...

Golden Airbrush Acrylics Golden Silverpoint Ground Stillman & Birn 8.5x11" Beta 180lb Hardbound sketchbook I've still ...

7.5x15" across a two page spread in a custom Arches 140# Rough sketchbook These sketches were painted during another one of the...

My husband and I hiked up Windham High Peak. It was a long way to cart art supplies, but I packed light, bringing just my Arches 140# Rou...

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

Watercolor on varnished paper Stillman & Birn 5.5x8.5" Hardbound Sketchbook (180lb paper!) I decided to use one of the brand n...

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

About 6x8", across the spread of a Stillman & Birn Epsilon hardbound book Caran d'Ache Supracolor Soft Ivory Black Thi...