I spent a day on Mount Desert Island.  Because it was full tourist  season,  I went to "the quiet side" of the island.  That day w...

I will post some more current sketches soon. Hope everyone had a nice summer. The landscape is changing rapidly, September brings a feast of...

  If you put "fountain pens" into my Search Bar,  you'll find previous posts about them. I've been taking notes about the ...

 I haven't posted here consistently over the last few years. But I have consistently sketched. For years, especially QUICK sketches of p...

  I recently resumed work on a long standing project. I'm looking back on some work that has led me to this place. Rough drafts, & c...

I had different Christmas-y sketch ideas  for a holiday card.  B ut this image was the most "autobiographical", if not  Christmas-...

A sampling of my last 20 cards for my ATC group. This is my last batch for awhile as I'm beginning   a new, focused, extended, illustrat...

Before there were Barbies,  there were paper dolls.  They paved the way for Barbie, that fashion icon. Our Artist Trading Card theme this mo...

Covid Times: I enjoyed some online Art Journaling groups that presented prompts. The idea was to keep a daily practice going, a flow, a mome...

  Still enjoying pen & ink with watercolor. When it's cold out, sketch from the car! My fantastic new tool: The Artist's Toolkit...

  Still sketching, especially when on vacation or when taking a pause or in line at the grocery store or in a cafe...Still journaling, daily...

Every year at this time I create a little drawing for Christmas cards. I'm in the process, but got sidetracked with an Artist Trading Ca...

I still practice my art, daily. That's me at an impromptu workshop that an artist gave at a natural food store in a small town where I w...

How I love to draw.  How I love to dance. How I love to draw & da nc e.  

One of my favorite places to sketch:   The Farmer's Market. In May I took a intense course that gave me tools  for developing a practice...