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Sunday

Three Day Sketching Retreat

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Last week, I had an opportunity to spend a few days at a sketching retreat at the Holy Cross Monastery along the Hudson River. I'd lo...
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Wednesday

Sketching at Tilly Foster Farm

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Tuesday

Gouache Along the Appalachian Trail

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Sometimes you just have to let go.
Monday

Wisdom from Buddha

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Sunday

Sketch from the Beacon Waterfront (Long Dock)

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Saturday

Sketch from the Appalachian Trail

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Friday

Gouache and Rumi

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Tuesday

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Gouache, across a two page spread in a gray-toned sketchbook. My friend Mary came over one day to sketch. We sat on the little dock in...
Monday

Last of the Rose of Sharon

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You know the summer season is winding down when your very last Rose of Sharon bush has nearly finished blooming. I'm trying to make...
Wednesday

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Wow, it's been nearly four years since I've posted my sketches! I've been doing a lot of them in the past couple of years, so pe...
Friday

Sketching from the Window

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Today I did a monochrome tree sketch in acrylic, using the 14x22" spread provided by my Stillman & Birn 11x14" Alpha sketch...
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Tuesday

Let's Change the Subject

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Watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Zeta hardbound book It's that time of year when change happens. The days are getting much shor...
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Sunday

Palette Perceptions

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I'm continuing with some palette ideas I started last winter and spring. You can see a couple more of them in this post from May . I...
Wednesday

Importance of Composition and Color Studies en Plein Air

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I don't always do compositional sketches before embarking on a painting. When working out on location, the time to paint is always to...

A Day at the Farm

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  11x17" (across the spread) in a Stillman & Birn Zeta Sketchbook Background monoprinted in several layers with a Gelli Printi...
Saturday

Just Splashing Around

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Every once in awhile, we need to just throw paint. That's what I was in the mood for when I did these two acrylic sketches! They were...
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Friday

Birthday Flowers on Blue Pescia Paper

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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...
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Thursday

Three Page Hudson River Vista

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This is a 10x22" spread across three pages in my blue Pescia journal. You can click on it to enlarge the image. ( Here is a link to...
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Wednesday

Silverpoint in a Sketchbook

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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...
Monday

A Three Page Spread of Collage

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This three page spread is about 10x22". I didn't take photos of the individual pages, but you can click the image to get a much ...
Sunday

Kinda Blue

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The sketch above is Posie, my studio assistant, rendered directly with blue Big Brush Pitt Pens by Faber-Castell on heavy Pescia 100% rag...
Monday

Sketching at Kaaterskill Falls

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(Click image for a larger, clearer view.) A few days ago, I hiked up to the base of Kaaterskill Falls with some friends for...
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Sunday

Sketching Boats with a Figure 8

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I often practice sketching items from photos that I have to be able to pop into plein air paintings quickly. This includes figures, boat...
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Tuesday

Monoprinting in a Sketchbook Part 2 --- Plein Air Monotypes

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

Monoprinting in a Sketchbook Part I

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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...
Sunday

When Ideas Are Brewing

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When ideas are brewing in my head, it often takes awhile for them to emerge as finished paintings. I often play with those ideas in my ...
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Monday

Courtroom Sketches

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I was sitting in on a court case today and had my first-ever opportunity to sketch in a courtroom.  I arrived a few minutes before the fi...
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Watercolor Cards

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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...
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Friday

Reaching for the Tulips

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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...
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Thursday

The Golden Video Library

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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...
Friday

RiverWinds Gallery Sketch with Pitt Pens and Watercolor

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