I’m back from Maine, even though I wanted to stay there all summer, and I actually teared up when I had to leave! We had an absolutely amazing time. Everything came together to make it one of the best weeks I’ve ever had in one of my favorite places in the world. Here’s what made […]
Category: Travel
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 […]
Musings from Maine
I’m in Maine! We’re having a wonderful week of painting, fellowship, feasting and fun. My mother and I left home last Thursday with a loaded van and two friends who were joining us for the week. That’s Cathy, me, my mother Saundra, and Candy, ready for a r-e-a-l-ly long drive. It’s 16 hours from my […]
Recent Sketches + Maine Preview!
It was a beautiful sunny day when I painted at the first annual garden party at the historic David Bradford House in Washington, PA. People strolled through the gardens, listening to live guitar music and nibbling on tasty hors d’oeuvres. I set up on the lawn where I had a perfect view of the old […]
Travel Sketch Kit + Texas Travel Sketches
(Continuing my posting of sketches from the Monologue Basics A5 sketchbook that I reviewed here.) My husband and I spent five days in Texas last fall visiting friends in San Antonio. I didn’t think I’d have a lot of time to sketch, so I took a minimum of supplies, but it turned out to be […]
Sneak Preview! Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting: Terracotta Tile Roofs
In just a few short months I’ll be going back to Italy! I can’t wait to see the Tuscan hills again and enjoy the endless delights of fresh, delicious Italian food. And the gelato…don’t even get me started on that! October 3-10, 2015, will find me teaching a week-long workshop in Sketchbook Journaling at Fattoria […]
Winter Getaway: Sun, Fun, and Painting!
Five days of sunshine, warm breezes, and gorgeous aquamarine water are enough to lift anyone’s spirit. Stepping off of a plane in Florida in January is like emerging from a long, dark, damp, cold tunnel that you thought you’d never see the end of. There were palm trees and flowers and people wearing shorts! What […]
It’s Here! Grab a Copy of “Sketchbook Journeys: Italy”
Ever since I finished my Italy travel journal, I’ve been wanting to publish it as a Blurb book, just like I did with my Ireland sketchbook back in 2011. But it’s been over a year since I put the final brushstroke on that last sketch of Pisa, and this project just kept getting pushed to […]
A Dream Fulfilled…Teaching in Tuscany!
Ever since I sketched my way through Italy a year ago, I’ve dreamed of going back one day and taking a group of sketching friends with me. Well, my friends, it’s happening! I’ve been invited to return to Tuscany in 2015 to teach sketchbook journaling, and I’d love for you to come along! In early […]
It’s A Perfect Day in Maine
I’m in Maine on vacation with my mother, sister, niece, and good-friend-who’s-like-a-sister, and we’re having the BEST time! We’re staying in a pretty house in Owls Head, just south of Rockland in mid-coast Maine. The weather has been amazing – the air is crisp and clear and everything is so gorgeous I can hardly stand […]
