Month: June 2015

Sketches from Maine: Part 5 – Weather Vanes and Lobster

Sketches from Maine: Part 5 – Weather Vanes and Lobster

Aren’t weather vanes cool?  I just love them and decided to start taking pictures of all the different ones I came across on our trip to Maine earlier this month. There are so many nice old ones on historic homes and businesses in New England. (All sketches were done in a 9″ x 6″ Stillman […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 4 – Sea Glass

Sketches from Maine: Part 4 – Sea Glass

I’m hooked on huntiing for sea glass. Every summer when we go to Maine, I spend hours along the shore with my eyes trained on the ground, looking for the perfect specimen. 9″ x 6″, watercolor and pencil in a hardcover Stillman and Birn Alpha series sketchbook Large chunks are exciting…   but the colors […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 3 – Rain and Sunshine

Sketches from Maine: Part 3 – Rain and Sunshine

I’m glad I took the time to keep a written record of our week. It’s so easy to forget about everything that happens on a vacation if you don’t write it down. I usually did my journaling in the evening before I went to bed, putting everything down on the page in pencil rather than […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 2 – Exploring

Sketches from Maine: Part 2 – Exploring

Since we got to Maine a day before my workshop was to begin, we had time to play a little on Saturday before checking into our rental cottage. We sketched at Pemaquid Point in the morning (awesome!) then shopped awhile in the cute little village of Damariscotta.  (All sketches were done in a 9″ x […]

Sketches from Maine: Part 1 – On Our Way

Sketches from Maine: Part 1 – On Our Way

Well, after all the lead-in of photos and Facebook posts, are you ready to finally see some sketches from my sketching trip to Maine? Here’s the first batch, with more to follow tomorrow…… Ink & watercolor + gel pen + stamping with watercolor The sketchbook I took with me was a 9″ x 6″ Stillman […]

Student Sketches from Maine

Student Sketches from Maine

Experience varies among my students on this trip. Some have an art background and have painted before while others are new to sketching. I think everyone is learning a lot though, and just the fact that we’re out painting every day is enough make all of us improve. So I thought I’d share some of […]

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