A Very Late Spring Sketch – Papoose Lake

Oh tired and sleepy trees – wake up! It’s Spring! Winter’s death grip has finally loosened up in the Chicago … More

Lesser Scaup Watercolor Sketch

While at Lake Katherine a while ago, I noticed some ducks that looked like loons from far away. I knew … More

We gather to cleanse ourselves from a stressful week by sketching nature. To be fully present in this moment, under … More

Push aside your homework/chores/work reports and come away with me for a bit to a place of peace, where the … More

As a Meet-Up organizer to the Chicagoland Sketchbook Hikers group, I can schedule sketch class where ever and when ever … More

Bittersweet. The definition: Of pain and pleasure. For how can we know pleasure without knowing what pain is? We can’t. … More

There’s something about a black autumn sky behind brilliant leaves. I love when menacing clouds gather, they seem to illuminate … More

This watercolor was done from a friend’s photo of a felled log in the woods. I love how little seedlings … More

This watercolor sketch (Payne’s gray only and black Micron pen), was done with the new MeetUp sketch class last Saturday at … More

Maple Lake A blustery day this was as I sat in my car and sketched from the parking area. I … More