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Some Cool Videos and a Cautionary Tale

I hope everyone had a great weekend and has a productive week ahead. Be sure to check back here later on this week because I am going to be posting details about a giveaway that I will be hosting. I’m excited! These are some cool videos that I came across recently. I hope you enjoy […]

Summertime is a Good Time

…or at least it’s supposed to be a good time. July has been my worst month to date in terms of productivity. Everything, from my own sketchbooks to my posting frequency, has gone downhill, probably because I am very preoccupied with other matters. Whenever I start drawing something I seem to get distracted. I find […]

Finishing and Starting new Sketchbooks

I have a small 7 x 10 inch watercolor sketchbook that is in progress right now. I have only four pages left and after that I have a new moleskine watercolor sketchbook to start. I am a little nervous because I have never used one of their watercolor sketchbooks before. There are always people out […]

Open Tulips

These are some tulips that I painted recently from a photo I took back in March. I haven’t painted flowers in ages and I sort of missed it. Plus it has been so hot these days that I haven’t even been going outside to sketch. Organizing has been a big theme of mine this year. […]

Road to the Sea

Road to the Sea, colored pencil, 10″ x 8″ This month I’m posting my Virtual Paintout submission a bit later than I normally do. In fact, I almost skipped participating altogether because of a lot of other things I had going on this particular month with various classes and commitments. I’m glad I did it though, and I had fun making this […]

Recent Workshops, Part One

I have a lot going on in my life right now, but I am pleased that I had a chance to take some art classes this year. I’ve already told you about the acrylic painting class that I’m taking, but I also signed up for a couple of Saturday workshops. Last week I took a […]

Monsoon

It was pouring rain when I drew this (from a window). It was getting into the evening and the light was dimming, when all of the sudden the rain stopped and the sun came out. Everything turned a sort of golden color for about five minutes, then it promptly started pouring again. It reminded me […]

Backyard Vignette

I hope everyone is having both a relaxing and productive weekend. Continuing on with my pen and ink experiment, I sketched this yesterday while sitting in the backyard. The drawing is about 7 x 7 and I spent about forty minutes on it. I was trying to be looser and less rigid than I am […]

Deerfield River

I hope everyone is having a nice long weekend. I am having having a very relaxing couple of days myself, by taking a little bit of a break from drawing actually. I have been taking some scenic drives in the country and watching lots of movies. Also, my laptop is having a bit of an […]

Seashells, interior and exterior

I put off posting earlier this week, not because I had nothing to say, but because I had so much other stuff going on. On Friday I had my first acrylic painting class (which I will write a separate post on). I have also been doing lots of other painting and drawing.  Partly because I had […]