Designing a Sketchbook Page
Absolutely no rules exist when it comes to designing a page in your sketchbook. Sketchbooks provide the opportunity to discover your own personal preferences when it comes to design.
For me, the design of a page evolves as I add new elements. I maintain a flexibility when it...
Collection of Free Art Videos
Urban sketching in Crockett, CA (2015)
A quick reminder that I have numerous free art videos on both my YouTube Channel and my Vimeo Channel. The links are at the bottom of this page among the other social media links. (Scroll ALL the way down to the black bar at the bottom of the page.)...
Let the Game Begin!
Having completed Part Three of the Pulling the Puddle Mini-course Series, I rummaged through old sketchbooks looking for a specific botanical illustration to use as one of the examples in Part Four - Pulling the Puddle in Small Shapes. I didn't find the sketch I was looking for but I did...
Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part Three - Twenty Steps
Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part Three - Twenty Steps
Posted: February 28, 2019
The video above was filmed many years ago on a cold, winter day in Ashville, North Carolina shortly after I invented one of my drawing/painting games. Taking twenty steps and forcing myself to draw something...
Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part Two
Sketching in St. Ives, UK - Part Two
Posted: February 21, 2019
Part Two of a Twelve Part weekly posting of sketches created while exploring the UK in 2016, 2017 and 2018. These sketches are a sneak preview of the techniques I'll be teaching in Wales this May at Chapel Cottage Studio in...
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....
Before Coffee
October 24, 2018
Most mornings, I pour myself a huge glass of water and pick up a pen or pencil before I do anything else. What I really want to do is pour myself a cup of hot, fresh-brewed coffee and wander through the house or garden checking on my plants as I slowly awaken to the day.
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Rue de Dunkerque - Paris, France
July 12, 2018
With phone in hand, for still photos and video, as well as a GoPro secured in my chest harness, I climb out the window from my sixth-floor room at the hostel. A towel serves as a cushion to ease the discomfort of sitting on the framing of the casement...
