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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.

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.

Denver, Colorado Skyline

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.

On Site at Artist Point!

 
This is an image of my view and sketchbook at Artist Point off the South Rim at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. A truly blissful place to be and draw!

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!

Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY - Inked Sketch

Return Trip

Sketches from the San Francisco International Airport (left) and the Denver International Airport (right) on my return trip.

Florence, Italy and Sketchbook #30

This is the opening spread from my little leather sketchbook purchased in Florence, Italy. I drew a small image of the Duomo while I was in Florence to mark the occasion and begin sketchbook number thirty. (The small sticker is from Assisi and was the next stop on the trip.)

Dallas Museum of Art

The last museum visited during my trip to the College Art Association conference in Dallas, Texas. The Dallas Museum of Art is located at 1717 North Harwood, Dallas, Texas.