A Road Trip Begins

I love road trips. I have always wanted to have the time to stop and draw all the wonderful things…

Drawing a Tree

Recently, a student loaned me a wonderful little book. It’s called Drawing a Tree by Bruno Munari. It’s profound in it’s simplicity.…

John Ruskin was an Englishman who lived from 1819 to 1900. He was an artist known primarily for his writing on…

We have a sketching group where I live. Once a week we get together at a designated spot to draw whatever sparks…

One of the absolute best things to do when you travel is sketch. A quick 15 minute line drawing will…

I’ve been filling sketchbooks since I was a little girl. Those old sketchbooks served as my drawing school. I would…

Last week I posted a very simple drawing with some major composition flaws. There are any number of ways to…

It’s time to have some fun with composition. I did a very simple drawing where I tried to make mistakes…

One of the best ways to assess a drawing is to step back from it for a bit and analyze…

After several weeks of posts on composition, I thought I’d take a break and just draw. I haven’t posted a…