How to Start Urban Sketching
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Color recipes for watercolors and more
Color Recipes for Watercolors Helping you finalize color schemes, hold on to favorite mixes, and create consistent iterations When painting with watercolors, you’re mixing one or more colors with water. That can happen spontaneously or in a very calculated way depending on your goals. Color recipes can help with both methods. What is a color […]
I’m Saying Good Bye to My AirBnb Experience
After 5 years, I’ve decided to end my AirBnb Urban Sketching Experience. I have had so much fun teaching and learning. It’s hard to say good bye. I may offer private workshops in the future and I will update you on that here. Currently I am focusing on my watercolor series and commissions. You can […]
Primary Colors Watercolor Exercise
The goal of this exercise is to help you get comfortable with primary colors; red, yellow, and blue. Primary colors are colors that cannot be mixed using any other color. Understand their biases and learn to control them with this fun exercise. This Primary colors watercolor exercise is the foundation to gaining confidence with using watercolors. And confidence is key in watercolors.
Sketch Chicago! My Urban Sketching AirBnb Experience is Back
Great news! I have just added some limited availability for my Urban Sketching Experience in the AirBnb calendar. Book today.
What’s inside my Urban Sketch kit
Early spring is when I usually start thinking about Urban Sketching outside again. No doubt this year will be different. For one, due to Covid-19, I have paused my Urban Sketching experience and I won’t be offering it at all this year. Below I’m sharing my sketch kit and how you can build your own. […]
Plein air painting trips, tips, and things
2019 has been a busy year so far and unfortunately I have not been plein air painting as much as I’d like. When we drove to New York this past August I packed my plein air kit and made sure to take time and get outside to paint. Late Summer in New York can be […]
Urban Sketching with Watercolors
Sketching with Watercolors on Location. Learn how to get started urban sketching your city and travels. I wanted to share these pages with you because my guests always love them and to help you get started sketching!
My Plein Air Kit for Watercolors
Spring is here and yesterday I went out for my first paint out with the Plein Air Painters Chicago. I took my Plein Air kit and DIY easel out and I wanted to share with you how I put it together. While looking for a solution, I came across Joe Cartwright’s website where he shared his own DIY watercolor easel. Joe Cartwright is an Australian watercolor artist, teacher, and author. I love his work and thought it a good idea to take his advice.
Pop-up Exhibit at Navy Pier
I was very excited to be selected as one of the few artists in this exhibit. In collaboration with Navy Pier and the Palette and Chisel Academy, the Plein Air Painters of Chicago celebrating Chicago neighborhoods through paintings on location. When you’re visiting Navy Pier, stop by the Art Now shop to view the paintings […]