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Video Painting Demonstration: Venice Grocery Boat

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:40:34 +0000

Painting Demonstration of Venice Bridge

admin — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:50:59 +0000

A step by step demonstration of a lovely bridge in Venice!

Rose Notecard Sketch

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:57:27 +0000

A fun birthday notecard sketch for a good friend. Little sketches like this are fun to do, great to give and a perfect place to experiment!

Roses Hand Painted Scarf

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 17:20:43 +0000

A fun silk scarf for a birthday present! Scarves are such a great beginner painting project! Anyone, even a child, can paint one and have it look stunning! (Mother’s Day, anyone?) Remember, scarves are crumpled when worn. So it’s more about the colors you use than the painting skill. For beginners, stick with 3 colors. [...]

Rooster Sketch – Video Demonstration

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:57:18 +0000

Here’s a video of a fun rooster sketch!

Etowah Indian Mounds, GA

admin — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:15:06 +0000

Yesterday was a nice fall day. The light was almost flat (horrible for painting and photos). but it’s turning cold and nasty for the next few days. So Edwin and I took advantage of the warm weather and went to Etowah Indian Mounds, outside Cartersville, GA. It’s a 54 acre site with 3 dramatic pyramids [...]

Lion Halloween Costume

admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:39:58 +0000

Happy Hallow e’en! I’ve always been against sewing temporary items. If I take time to sew, I want it to be something I’ll wear over and over. Or some item I will use for years. Or something I can’t find anywhere else. This costume doesn’t fit in the first category – we all know kids [...]

Fall Garden Sketching

admin — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:37:46 +0000

Upcoming Workshop in Tuscany!

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 22:19:28 +0000

I want everyone to know I have an upcoming workshop in Tuscany, at the Watermill at Posara! It’s an absolutely gorgeous place to paint! You won’t have any trouble coming up with ideas at the amazing locations they take us to. I’ll be following my usual workshop schedule, I paint a demonstration in the morning. [...]

Bringing out the Pottery Wheel

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:23:02 +0000

Edwin played with the wheel for the first time. We had a lot of fun! We’ve always had fun with it, but never been able to do it much because of apartments, moving, tiny child. We’re finally in a house where we can have the wheel and the kiln set up. No destroying pieces on [...]

Schoodic Sketching

admin — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:04:46 +0000

Huge boulders to small rocks, all glowing in the sun. I can’t believe the colors of the rocks. I keep trying to capture those colors. It’s all about what you don’t paint, rather than what you’re painting. This was the last sketch I did in Maine. I was very pleased with it, so I was [...]

Lovely Sketchbook

admin — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:33:07 +0000

The wonderful thing about sketchbooks is they are just for the artist. I can make a mess. I can take chances. No one has to see them but me. Learning is all about taking chances and experimenting. Never play safe with painting – that’s when your paintings get monotonous. Here is my current sketchbook. Isn’t [...]

Thuya Gardens

admin — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:09:43 +0000

Thuya is the most beautiful garden in the world. I’m a little partial, but I still know I’m right. It’s stunning. Thuya is a small garden on the edge of the mountain looking over Northeast Harbor. If you’re in good shape for stairs, the best way to approach it is from Asticou Terrace. It’s a [...]

Seal Cove Sunset

admin — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:49:12 +0000

A few minutes at sunset, a fun little sketch! I was having fun with the texture of the paper on this one. Bright colors, rough sparkle, huge contrasts.

Manset sketch

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:43:05 +0000

Manset is next to Southwest Harbor, near the harbor mouth. There is a town dock with everything from lobster boats to wooden sailboats. And Manset is currently home to the fabulous Hinckley boat builders.Every day, there’s something new and exciting, from old tall wood ships to sailboats I swear I’ve seen at an America’s Cup [...]

Facebook Problems

admin — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:43:34 +0000

Hello! I just wanted everyone to know I’m having trouble with someone pretending to be me or something on Facebook. They’ve stolen this photo from my Bio web page and are using my name. I don’t know if it’s a person or a spider. When I reported it to Facebook, they canceled MY account. And [...]

Southwest Harbor, Maine

admin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:41:27 +0000

Southwest Harbor is the loveliest town in the world. It’s on the Quiet Side of Mount Desert Island. We found out a long time ago that we prefer staying there rather than in the tourist craziness of Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor doesn’t even really seem like Maine – more of a tourist trap. While Southwest [...]

Hio Road

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:39:52 +0000

We always stay at Seawall Campground, right outside town. Seawall is part of Acadia National Park and one of the most beautiful campgrounds I’ve ever stayed in. We camp back from the road a bit and at the end of season, it’s almost completely isolated. While still being able to haul things and out. I [...]

Seal Cove

admin — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:31:55 +0000

Another wonderful afternoon on Seal Cove. With a small active boy in tow, I was a little limited in places I could spend an hour sketching with Edwin running around. Sketching spots had to be safe, dry, not windy and also happen to have something to paint. The first three are the problems on [...]

Back in Acadia

admin — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:46:41 +0000

I just returned from a wonderful trip to Acadia. I think Mount Desert Island is the most beautiful place in the world. We go for a few weeks about every year and I always see things I’ve never seen before! I did a fair amount of sketching. This is my first warmup sketch of Seal [...]