I had the honor and pleasure this past weekend to be one of 16 artists invited to participate in the New York Botanical Garden’s 4th Annual Plein-Air Invitational, hosted by the artist James Gurney. Mr. Gurney is so generous in his teaching, with many excellent videos online, that I was not surprised to discover that […]
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It seems like April and May have gone by in a flash – the end of the semester, a studio move, a few illustration assignments, and a whirlwind trip to China and Japan for Mental Canvas and Microsoft. Will post more on all of that in the next few days, but today, I just wanted to […]
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Just returned from a wonderful time at the 7th annual Urban Sketchers symposium in Manchester, England. Thank you to Simone Ridyard and the rest of the symposium committee for making this event come together. I taught a workshop called “Puzzling Out The Picture,” about picture making and dimension on location. I could not have asked […]
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If you happen to be staying at Le Meridien hotel in Arlington, Virginia, you can check out my drawing of Abraham Lincoln before going to sleep! Happy with how this one came out, the memorial is so sensitive and I wanted to convey that spirit in the drawing as well.
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Last weekend, Margaret Hurst and I conducted a workshop in Washington, DC. We had a warm-ish night on Saturday, so decided to take the group for a little night drawing at the Lincoln Memorial. I was there more to teach than to do my own art, but when I saw Mr. Lincoln glowing in the […]
View post →Once again I had the opportunity to travel with Neil to Long Island Aikikai in Bayshore and draw while he practiced his Aikido. Each class starts with a few moments of meditation. Sensei Hagihara is leading the silence… Then after a few moments of reflective meditation, it’s time to start the flipping!! I never will […]
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