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…
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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 […]
Main Street, Camden, Panoramic Sketch
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
