Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part One
Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part one
Posted: February 14, 2019
As a sneak preview of the techniques I'll be teaching in May of 2019 at Chapel Cottage Studio in Abergavenny. I'm posting examples from my travels in Bristol, London, Abergavenny, Swansea, St. Ives and the little stops between....
Sketchbook Story Time - No. 2
Sketchbook Story Time No. 2 - May 25, 2012 to June 2, 2012
A few more glimpses into my heart and mind ...
The stories behind the drawings and paintings in my sketchbooks
a few pages at a time.
Packing Light - Sleeping Gear
February 11, 2019 - Packing Light - Sleeping Gear
Whether hiking, exploring a city or spending a month or two across the ocean, I am know to be a minimalist packer ... until it's time to return home and I find that the books I've acquired don't fit into my carry on luggage. I haven't mastered...
Sketchbook Story Time - No. 1
When viewing paintings on walls of museums, galleries and homes, we see only the artist's resolution of the painting ... the final layer. What is hidden is the process, the sequence of decisions, corrections and moments of inspired risks. I love seeing the final resolution hung boldly upon...
Sketching on the train to New York City
January 30, 2019
Yesterday I treated myself to meditative sketching instead of drawing train seats, tops of a heads bent over cell phones and luggage rails.
My destination in NYC was the Mapplethorpe exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. Fortunately, the Hilma af Klint exhibition is still...
What is Dala Art?
Dala Art is art designed within a circle that has been divided into segments by one continuous line that may or may not cross over itself. It can be of any size, in any medium, either abstract or representational. The objects or patterns that fill each segment may be confined within...
Painting in the dark with dip pen and watercolor
December 12, 2018
The above clip is from a documentary filmed and edited by my daughter, Nicole, in 2005. The rest of the documentary is not soooo dark; it's filmed in my studio and in one of the galleries where I had a solo exhibit in 2005.
In 2004, Pat Sonne and I began working together...
Muted Hues
November 12, 2018
Many years ago a photo was taken of me holding my daughter, Alexis. I'd just gotten out of the shower and Alexis was wearing an undershirt on her head. Upon seeing the photo, my sister-in-law stated that it looked like the cover of a magazine that might be...
DIY Watercolor Art Pocket Palette
I use three different magnetic Pocket Painter Palettes. To see other Watercolor Travel palettes click here.
Nine-Well Watercolor Art Pocket Palette:
Nine-Well Magnetic Watercolor Art Pocket Palette
I love that I can see through the lid so that I know which primaries I'm taking with me and...
