Month: July 2011

Casual Drapery Panels with Custom Styling

Casual Drapery Panels with Custom Styling

My client’s home featured a gorgeous kitchen with wide windows offering spectacular lake views. My job as a window treatment designer was to add some softness, color, and warmth to a room that was filled primarily with hard surfaces. Of course, preserving the view was of great importance, also. Breakfast area – before Using my […]

Summertime Cantaloupe-Peach Soup

Summertime Cantaloupe-Peach Soup

I really enjoy making this soup in the summer when cantaloupes are in season. It’s a nice change from eating cantaloupe in chunks or wedges, and the combination of ingredients is so yummy! I usually have it for breakfast, but, when there’s a batch of it in the fridge, I can’t leave it alone, and […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 7

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 7

The final page of this vacation sketchbook is probably my favorite. It brings back memories of one perfect day filled with glorious scenery, sunshine, laughter, and fun. 9″ x 12″ I love, love, love this painting! The colors, the subject matter, the light and shadows. It says “Colorado” to me: aspen and pine trees, mountains, […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 6

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 6

One of the highlights of our week in Colorado was the day we spent hiking at Mueller State Park. There were wildflowers everywhere! I sketched just a sampling of what we saw. 9″ x 12″ Even though there were 5 or 6 wildflower books at the house where we were staying, and I searched through […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 5

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 5

This page features another sketch from our visit to Garden of the Gods, near Manitou Springs, Colorado. An afternoon thunderstorm had blown through, leaving a spectacular sunset in its wake. I captured it in my sketch, with the “Kissing Camels” rock formation in the foreground. A closer view of the sketch … One of my […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 4

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 4

I really enjoyed painting this sketch of Garden of the Gods. It’s such a spectacular place, and no painting could ever do it justice, but this page reminds me of how I felt, being there in that awesome place. This page is a little different than the others. I didn’t use my ink pen for […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 3

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 3

The farmer’s market in Woodland Park is fantastic! Held every Friday morning during the summer, there must have been over 50 vendors set up the day we were there, selling everything from silk skirts to tamales. (I bought a skirt and skipped the tamales.) Everyone was so friendly! It was one of the highlights of […]

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 2

Sketchbook Journeys – Colorado: Page 2

Woodland Park, where we stayed during our vacation, is a funky little town with some nice historical buildings on the main street. It’s up in the mountains west of Colorado Springs, and there are beautiful views in every direction. It was a good base camp from which to see the area. 9″ x 12″ I […]

Sketchbook Journeys: Colorado – June 2011: Page 1

Sketchbook Journeys: Colorado – June 2011: Page 1

As promised, here are the watercolor sketches I did while on vacation with my family in Colorado. We had such a great time, and my mom, sister, and niece were so generous in allowing me time to sketch when we were out and about. Without their encouragement, I wouldn’t have been able to spend as […]

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