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Yellowstone Association Summer 2013 Workshop

I will be returning to the Yellowstone Association Institute as an instructor this summer. My course "Capturing the Landscape in Your Travel Sketchbook" is open for registration now. It will be a two and a half day workshop July 3 through July 5, 2013.

My course will take place in beautiful Lamar Valley as we learn travel sketchbook techniques along with a crash course in watercolor! Our time will be spent outdoors with site-based lectures and demonstrations along with plenty of drawing time. At the end of the experience, you will return home with a highly personal, visual journal that will help you remember details of sights and experiences that you might have missed or forgotten otherwise. 

Find out more at the Yellowstone Association Institute official website, visit the course page, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Looking North to Montana, Yellowstone National Park

This river view is the Gardner River from just inside Montana/Wyoming state line on the road between the North Entrance and Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park. The class was sitting in Wyoming and looking north up the river to Montana. 

Yellowstone National Park Sticker Design

I almost always use a single sticker on the front cover of my sketchbooks to distinguish one book from another book. This past summer I decided to design my very own commemorative die-cut sticker for my 2012 Yellowstone Association Institute workshop.

Last Sunday afternoon, I completed my Yellowstone Association Institute Summer 2012 sketchbook workshop and all of my students got one of these stickers. They loved them and I hope to continue this tradition in my future workshops.

This design represents the first commemorative sticker design for a workshop and that Yellowstone National Park is the world's first national park.

Old Faithful Inn (The Old House)

The Old House designed by architect Robert Reamer and completed in 1903 is one of my favorite destinations.

I am honored to be returning to Yellowstone National Park this fall as an instructor for the Yellowstone Association Institute. My course "Capturing Fall Colors in Your Travel Sketchbook" is open for registration now. It will be a three-day workshop September 21-23, 2012.

Find out more at the Yellowstone Association Institute official website, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Rocky Mountain Field Seminars & Educational Adventures 2012

I am very excited to be a part of the Rocky Mountain Field Seminars & Educational Adventures for 2012. I will be teaching a two-day workshop on "Pen & Ink Sketches with Watercolor" in beautiful Rocky Mountain National Park this summer. The course is open for registration and the dates are June 23-24, 2012.

My workshop will focus on capturing your surroundings in a sketchbook using pen and ink techniques combined with watercolor. As we focus on that task we will discuss composition, materials, tools and drawing techniques while sketching in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado!

Please visit www.rmna.org or call 970-586-3262 for more information.

Yellowstone Association Institute Autumn Field Seminars

I am pleased to return to the Yellowstone Association Institute as an instructor this coming autumn. My course "Capturing Fall Colors in Your Travel Sketchbook" is open for registration now. It will be a three-day workshop September 21-23, 2012.

My course will enable you to immerse yourself in the colors and patterns of autumn as you learn travel sketchbook and journaling techniques. You’ll spend most of the time outdoors enjoying site-based lectures, demonstrations, and drawing time. Learn about the best materials for drawing on the move and how to sketch what you see. You’ll explore line and color, pen and ink, and experiment with conveying life and character of the world around you. And you’ll have a crash course in watercolor! Return home with a highly personal, visual journal that will help you remember details of sights and experiences that you might have missed or forgotten otherwise.

Find out more at the Yellowstone Association Institute official website, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Old Faithful Historic District

A quick sketch looking back on the Old Faithful Historic District from the boardwalk. I will be here and sketching next week while teaching a sketching workshop for the Yellowstone Association Institute. I am told that my class is full and I am looking forward to teaching in one of my favorite places in the world.

Yellowstone Association Institute Summer Workshop

I am honored to be a new instructor this coming July 2011 for the Yellowstone Association Institute. My course is open for registration and will be a three-day workshop (July 24-26, 2011) focusing on Journaling with a Travel Sketchbook.

The course covers choice of materials, sketchbook approaches, drawing helps, pen and ink techniques, line, value, color theory, composition, a crash course in watercolor, and how to get life and character in sketches while documenting your surroundings. If you sign up, you can expect to spend most of the time outdoors enjoying site-based lectures, demonstrations, and drawing time in one of our nation's most beautiful places.

Find out more at the Yellowstone Associations official course page, download a PDF or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Mail Me Art Medium Without a Message

Last year I participated in the Mail Me Art project along with four of my illustration students. All of the pieces were a part of the London exhibit last summer and I am happy to say that all of us were published in the latest Mail Me Art book! You can check out the project at http://mailmeart.com.

The Art of Rome, Assisi, Florence and Paris

This is another poster design for a upcoming trip to Italy and France. The sketches of St. Peters, Eiffel Tower, and the world are mine. The deadline is this Friday and time is running out!