Category Archives: Sketch Journal

Colored Pencils and Crayon

Mixing Dry and Wet Media Continue reading

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The Gift of a Really Cheap Sketchbook

I use and enjoy plenty of nice sketchbooks, books with lovely multi-media and 100% cotton watercolor paper. This book below isn’t one of them. The Midori Blank Notebook is about 4×6 inches, has 176 thin pages, and costs a little … Continue reading

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The New Normal

Working behind plexiglass screens at the reception desk. A spare desk with a jar of clean pens and a tray for dirty ones. A giant bottle of hand sanitizer and a box of tissues prominently displayed. Big yellow stickers explain, politely, the new rules of engagement. Continue reading

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Drawing the kids again

As this country seems to go completely crazy (and I’m not just talking Covid here) , I turn to home and to the kids in my sketches to find some sense of sanity. The everyday feels sane, and the kids losing themselves in their books, games and music is what I sketch. Continue reading

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Pen and Ink: On Location and in Studio

Drawing on location, repeating at home Continue reading

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Crissy Fields, San Francisco

An afternoon at Crissy Fields, San Francisco Continue reading

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Pattern and Texture

To keep it interesting and inspiring, I lean a lot on taking an idea or technique and applying it to familiar objects and scenes.
What has kept you inspired and making art through the pandemic? What’s worked for you and what hasn’t? I’d love to hear from you. Continue reading

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More Mendocino Sketches

A few more sketches from Mendocino. I started this first sketch at the beach at Russian Gulch State Park. But we didn’t stay long, so I only got as far as adding a bit of color and added the dark … Continue reading

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Why Replicate When You Can Celebrate?

Why Replicate When You Can Celebrate? Continue reading

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Ink, Palette, Watercolor and Taxidermy

Jumping around, talking ink, watercolor, small palettes, conservation and hunting. On my way to Chico. Continue reading

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