Blind Sketch Location, Great Event Fullersburg Woods

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

Stream and Bridge Watercolor Sketch – Waterfall Glen

This is down stream from Waterfall Glen. You might remember last year’s sketch in the springtime. With this sketch, I … More

Last week I ordered the book, Weeds and Wildflowers in Winter, by Lauren Brown. I can never have enough field … More

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

Just as I started this sketch, an elderly couple sat at the picnic table to enjoy the surroundings of Swallow … 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

Saturday morning was a bit brisk, but that didn’t stop this nature loving crowd (Alanna, Katie, Tommy), from hiking on … More