Autumn’s Approach – Kankakee River Watercolor Sketch

Autumn. My favorite season of all seasons. We are now experiencing Summer’s whimper and watching it lose its grip. I … More

Help in Troubled Times -Free Download- Doing Good

FREE. Freeeeeeeee. This artwork is FREE!!!! Wow! I haven’t done one of these in OVER a year! I think I’m … More

Cicada Coffin Sketch

Cicada Coffin I found this little guy in the middle of the trail. He looked perfectly preserved. I knew right … More

Blessings and Fears at Bullfrog Lake

Clouds are rolling in from the northwest. Diffused sunlight still sparkles and dances on top of Bullfrog Lake, despite all … More

Fuzzy White Moth Watercolor aka Virginia Tiger Moth

Upon arriving to work in the morning, I was introduced to this very lovely creature…so white, so delicate, so foreign … More

Sketch Class Results Herrick Lake

(Amy, Christine, Donna, Angelic, front: Alanna, Debby) Another sketch class! Where has the time gone? Wow, how these days are … More

Sketch Class Results Hammel Woods

Jan, Catherine, Christine, Donna, Debby, Alanna (front) My MeetUp group: Chicagoland Sketchbook Hikers, meets all over the place. That’s the … More

Isle a la Cache Watercolor Sketch

7-4-13  journal entry: The factory plant hums in the background. Intermittent fire crackers go off in the distance, but I … More

On the Bathroom Ceiling – Mushroom

I am not making this up, folks! How ironic I was just posting what grows on the forest floor (not … More

On the Forest Floor – Saddle Mushroom and Lily of the Valley

OK, this guy was growing on a felled tree and the tree was on the forest floor. Is that cheating? … More