Category Archives: Colored pencil

Feeling a bit crabby

A few years ago I took a year long class with Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple, called Year of the Spark. One of the assignments was automatic writing in little booklets that we made just for the purpose of writing in them. I have done a bunch of them and occasionally I use them asContinue reading “Feeling a bit crabby”

Sunday Sun

The temperature is finally in the low ’80’s, it’s the weekend and there is no wind so everyone seems to be going to the beach today. I love Florida, up North everyone is still celebrating St Patty’s Day (it appears to be a month long celebration on Long Island, another reason to abandon ship inContinue reading “Sunday Sun”

Breakfast Crawl #5

Yesterday was Patchogue’s 5th Breakfast crawl.  I drew my own map of the Breakfast Crawl and submitted it to The Draw and Cook, and it was accepted!   You can see the map here: http://www.theydrawandtravel.com/illustrations/10616-breakfast-crawl-5-in-patchogue-new-york John and I bought the 5 ticket crawl so we we only able to sample 5 of the 15 participatingContinue reading “Breakfast Crawl #5”

Horses and yesterday’s Inktober Sketch

I spent over a week researching and working on this map that I did as a very belated Sketchbook Skool Assignment.  I was away when the class was “in session” and I mulled over ideas and nothing really inspired me until I saw they were requesting maps for Asia.  Then I had to mull thatContinue reading “Horses and yesterday’s Inktober Sketch”

Alive After Five #4 2017

This evening was the last Alive After Five for the season….there was no model this evening so I was finally able to sketch this purple truck…..I meant to add more people to the sketch but it got dark pretty quickly….it isn’t a food truck, it’s clothes on wheels….

Rainy Day Sketch

The weather here has been cool for August and today was a tad chilly but it was also rainy and damp.  Not much of a day for sitting outside to sketch so I worked on some things in my studio.   This evening, John and I went out to have coffee and I sketched at theContinue reading “Rainy Day Sketch”

Sketches fron Alive on 25 #3

John and I don’t get to the Eastern part of Long Island too much, although I occasionally teach classes at the art school in Riverhead.  Riverhead is another town on Long Island that is doing that slow crawl of revival.  It’s a nice place to visit and sketch.  They do a street fair similar toContinue reading “Sketches fron Alive on 25 #3”