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Yellowstone Association Institute - Summer 2016 Class

I am pleased to announce my Yellowstone Association Institute course for the summer of 2016. The Yellowstone Association is offering some very special courses in honor of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. My summer course is one of those special centennial-themed courses. This is a departure from my previous courses. We will focus on 100 ideas or different activities one can do when keeping a travel sketchbook. As a part of the course, we will attend the centennial ceremonies at Roosevelt Arch and document that experience in our sketch book.

“100 Ideas for Keeping A Travel Sketch Book" is open for registration. It will be three day workshop August 24, 25 & 26, 2016 based out of the historic Lamar Buffalo Ranch. Find out more at the Yellowstone Association Institute official website, download a pdf or call 406-848-2400 for more information or to register.

Watercolor Demo - After Van Gogh

In the fall semester I always present a crash course in watercolor for my sketchbook class. This was the demo (after a pen and ink drawing by Van Gogh) I completed for the class last month. 

Enjoy & Happy New Year!

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Field Notes - Pagoda Building

I decided to experiment with the Field Notes brand of notebook this year. This is one of my architectural explorations of the "Pagoda" building at Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone. It was a fun and I now love these little books, but I need to skip a page to avoid the marker bleed. 

Quirky Self Portrait

This quirky self-portrait was another assignment for my students last fall semester. I decided to complete one as well and add some limited color with colored pencil

Christmas at Crossroads United Methodist Church

Practicing what I preach. (Bad Pun intended.) I encourage my students to draw what is in front of them. This is a recent sketch of mine where I took my own advice. Christmas at Crossroads United Methodist Church, Grand Junction, Colorado this year.

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Mail Me Art: Open All Hours (The Send Off)

According to the submission guidelines for this round of Mail Me Art, I was to take a photo while dropping the piece off in the mailbox. However, the post office worker stamped it quickly and I couldn't take it after it had cancellation mark. So I took a quick photo right then and there in front of her. I bet she thought I was a strange camper. 

Mail Me Art: Open All Hours Submission

This is my submission to the Mail Me Art: Open All Hours for Book #4 by Darren Di Lieto of The Little Chimp Society. 

Bison Sketch after Rungius

A pen and ink bison herd sketch after a painting by Carl Rungius at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson, Wyoming.