I still have 3-4 unopened watercolor sketchbooks with quality paper (cold press - i.e., textured - 140lb/300 g/m²) plus the Moleskine Art Watercolour Journal I’m currently using. However,…

Sketchbooks with watercolor quality paper - I like 140lb/300 g/m², cold press (textured) - come in a crazy variety of sizes. As I’ve mentioned before, the sketchbook page is 90% of the time my final version of a sketch/watercolor painting. I don’t usually sketch and draw on large sheets…

My “style” for the watercolor paintings I do is evolving, but I’m finally get a better idea of the look I’m working towards. I came to this realization after taking a few watercolor classes and being exposed to what I’m calling “traditional watercolor” paintings. Whereas my work is influenced by urban sketchers others are influenced…

We spent last week in Alexandria, VA, watching our youngest grandchildren. It was a great chance to try using my homemade sketchbook with Fabriano Studio paper. I took it…

I’m not able to attend the fourth and last session of my watercolor class at the Lynchburg Academy of the Arts tomorrow so I won’t see how our instructor approaches this painting. However, she sent the photo of a man who appears to be emerging from

Here are some sketches I’ve done on my iPad recently using my Apple Pencil 2.