I painted this on and off from Tuesday to Friday this past week in my classroom. I was in the mood to just paint a portrait, and my students enjoyed watching it progress over the week. Its approximat...
This reduction lino print was a piece that I did as a demonstration in the summer of 2011 for a workshop that I was teaching. I forgot that I had never scanned it and shared it online, so here it is!...
Happy Valentines Day, everyone!This watercolor, measuring 8"x10", was painted as a Valentines gift for my fiance. This is the first chance Ive had to paint something non-work related in a whi...
Ive started a new blog called Pictures and Print! For some time now, I have been sharing vintage books from my own collection here on my sketch blog to show where some of my inspirations come from. I...
I painted this portrait recently as a birthday gift for my Dad. Its based on a photo of my grandfather, John Sullivan, in his World War II uniform. I snuck a quick photo of the original photo last ti...
This is a new watercolor painting of a tractor in a farm field in West Tisbury, on Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts. Completed in August of 2011. Some in progress pictures of the painting can be viewe...
Its been a while since I shared a vintage book that I find inspiring, so tonight I pulled one from my collection and scanned some pages. I picked this up at my favorite local used book store because ...
I was able to do a little bit of painting while I was on Marthas Vineyard last week visiting my family and working on planning my wedding for next summer. I took two of my watercolor sketchbooks to P...
Heres another page from my sketchbook, featuring the Gay Head Lighthouse in Aquinnah on Marthas Vineyard. Drawn with pen in my moleskine sketchbook.To see more of my Marthas Vineyard drawings and pai...
This morning I scanned a couple of recent pages out of my sketchbook. I had to keep myself busy while monitoring student exams last week.
I made this ceramic apple to use for a glaze demonstration with my 8th grade students. The apple is true to size, and I wanted to use it to experiment with layering subtle different colors of glaze t...
I started a new watercolor painting yesterday, based on a photo I took in West Tisbury when I was on Marthas Vineyard last summer. Im trying using Strathmore 500 series cold press illustration board,...
Ive been practicing some more with watercolor and it led to this portrait of Zooey Deschanel. Over the past couple of years Ive become a fan of her music, fashion sense, and acting. I was trying to t...
Ive been working on a new watercolor painting today, a portrait of Zooey Deschanel. Im taking a break for the rest of the night while I decide on what Im going to do for the background. While I mull ...
Yesterday, I decided that I wanted to try doing a watercolor painting based solely on warm and cool colors, which is how this whole thing got started. I chose to do a portrait of Florence Welch from ...
Another Paris watercolor for my sketchbook, measuring 8" x 5 1/4". The Seine was extremely high while we were there, so many of the walking paths under the bridges along the river were floode...
This is a demo piece that I made for one of my 8th grade classes. For their assignment, they had to make a clay box using slab construction. The lid and any other designs that they put on their box h...
Tonight I made a little color painting in my sketchbook, based on photos that we took while walking in Paris during our first day in the city. I want to go back, especially now that its springtime.
Just a reminder that if youre in the area, my digital illustration 1971 is on display at Maxwell Public Library in Camillus, NY as part of the West Genesee Fine Arts Faculty Show. The show has been u...
Yesterday I visited my favorite local used bookstore, Books and Memories, as a way to kick off the weekend. I found some more great vintage books to add to my collection and thought I would feature o...
The tragedy going on in Japan right now is unimaginable. Earthquakes, tsunami waves, fires, nuclear leaks...it seems like theyve been hit with just about everything. Ive been reading the news quite a...
Ive been meaning to make a piece of art that would lend itself well to a wrap-around design for a ceramic mug. Todays snow day presented the perfect opportunity! This was done with watercolor paint a...
Earlier this week I made a new wreath for the front door, since the holiday one I made has once again been put into storage for the year. Ive seen people make wreaths out of books and sheet music bef...
Last Valentines Day I painted this watercolor painting of two foxes for Jeff. This year, I thought it would be fun to make him a small sculpture of the two foxes from last years painting. I first scu...
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