A year sketching the prairie…

July 23, 2020

It’s been a while since I’ve posted and while I’m behind in posting my prairie sketches, the prairie has continued …

Travel sketching in Australia…

August 8, 2019

When I travel, I use a separate sketchbook to record places, buildings, plants, creatures and anything that stands out to …

January 17, 2018

After going to a presentation by Carrie Carlson on sketching and seeing all of her wonderful sketchbooks, I was inspired …

January 1, 2018

Commissions are tricky things. It’s hard enough to bring your own visions to life, but to bring someone else’s ideas …

February 13, 2017

One of the great things about being an artist is that I can make changes to one of my paintings …

August 17, 2016

What happens when you take a group of normally solitary illustrators and give them some chalk and reference photos? A …

June 23, 2016

James Gurney issued a Weed Painting Challenge on his blog and since I love plants, I thought I’d take him …

June 17, 2016

Here’s my week in sketches…enjoy! I also did a time-lapse of the chrysalis sketch. Here’s the story for Day 11: …