Sketch the French Alps with Leslie Fehling in 2026! Just imagine waking up every morning, flinging back the drapes in your hotel room, and feasting your eyes on this…
Category: Sketchbook Journaling
Summer Sketching with Friends
I have a great group of friends who share my love of art. I met all of them through the monthly “Summerhill Sketching” mini-workshops I used to do at our big house on the hill in Waynesburg, PA. We’ve been friends for more than ten years now, and I’m so thankful that this group of […]
Sketches from Maine
It’s been a fun-filled summer, and a trip to Maine in June was one of the best parts of it. I never got around to posting the sketches I did while we were in Camden, and, truth be told, I’m still finishing up a few of them, but here are the first few pages I […]
SketchDesigning in Carmel-by-the-Sea
SketchDesigning in Carmel-by-the-Seawith Leslie Fehling October 26-30, 2026 (FULL- waitlist) November 2-6, 2026 (spots available) What makes a perfect painting vacation? I’ve heard a lot of discussion on that subject among my students over the past decade of teaching travel painting workshops, and I’ve taken their collective wisdom and put it to good use when […]
How to Add Title Lettering to a Curved Banner
I happened to come across this sketch the other day and saw that it was finished except for the title lettering. I had drawn and painted the two-page spread on location at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens last winter during my annual teaching trip to Florida but never got around to adding the title. I’ve since […]
A Whirlwind Spring!
Oh, my gosh, it’s been such a wild and crazy ride these past few months! I haven’t had a chance to write in ages, so I thought I’d do one big post to show you what I’ve been up to. I want to catch up on things before I head off on another trip…tomorrow! After […]
Sketch the French Alps in 2026!
Sketch the French Alps with Leslie Fehling in 2026! Just imagine waking up every morning, flinging back the drapes in your hotel room, and feasting your eyes on this…
Sketchbook Play with Stencils – Creating a Complementary Page
I posted a sketch from my Provence travel journal a few weeks ago, and I wanted to share with you what I’ve added to the page since then. Here’s the original sketch – you can read all about it here. 8″ x 8″, ink & watercolor in a HandBook Travelogue Watercolor Journal – by Leslie […]
Finishing Up a Travel Journal with Collage
Like many travelers, I come home from every overseas trip with a packet full of ephemera. Every ticket, business card, map, and brochure reminds me of places I explored, memorable meals I enjoyed, and all the fun times I had with my students and friends. More often than not, though, these paper souvenirs I so […]
A Story of Two Sketches
When I teach in Provence, one of our group excursions takes us to the beautiful town of L’Isle sur la Sorgue where we set up to sketch across the river from one of the main streets in the historic area. Here’s the view…. The sketch I did in 2017 was a very literal rendering of […]
