During a family vacation in Maine earlier this summer, I escaped for a few hours to nearby Camden, Maine, to do a little sketching. Camden is a beautiful little town in the midcoast region, a vibrant community with a bustling Main Street lined with historic brick buildings and a picture-perfect harbor. It was a hot […]
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Sketch the Cotswolds and Cornwall in 2026!
Join Leslie Fehling for a week-long small-group painting tour in the Cotswolds, June 10-18, 2024.
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 […]
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…
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 […]
Sketching in Alsace, France
Immerse yourself in fairytale beauty and bring home a sketchbook full of memories Illustrated Watercolor Journalingin Alsacewith Leslie Fehling October 1-8, 2025 (One spot just opened!) Register here The Alsace region of France looks like it was plucked from the pages of a storybook. Cobblestone streets and colorful half-timbered buildings harken back to medieval times… […]
St. Remy Pre-Painted Page
One of the exercises I like to do with my students is what I call a pre-painted page. I have them wet a page in their sketchbook with clean water, put plenty of paper towels behind the page to protect the rest of the book, then do a colorful wet-in-wet wash, completely covering the page […]
