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I’m sad to see the flowers going, but fall leaves are so inviting. The one on the right is not yet done. I’m trying to layer the colors slowly to get better shading.

I have just returned from a drawing retreat with Giacomina Ferrillo. I learned so much and this is the passion fruit I chose for my final project. I had fractured a bone in my dominant hand the week before leaving and so worked very slowly and with a little less control than I’m used to. The drawing is unfinished, but without the actual fruit on…[Read more]

The first day home from my trip I harvested the last of the cherry tomatoes in my garden. They were so sweet and beautiful!

I was away from home caring for a parent, and drawing this tomato is what kept me (kind of) sane. I only had my colored pencils with me, so this is colored pencil only. The meditative aspect of the slow careful toning with my colored pencils at the end of the day really helped my frame of mind. There is just something about connecting with a…[Read more]

These are popping up in my garden right now, so I’m posting an old drawing in their honor!

Had fun at the in-person Nature Journaling workshop at Hollengold Farm this September. Here is my journal page from the natural swimming pool, with a close-up of an interesting waterside flower, pickerelweed. I loved the way the flowers curled after blooming.

A view from Tributary Farm in High Falls, NY. Our “field trip” during the Nature Journaling workshop at Hollengold this September. I chose this view that included the Mohonk Tower and an incredible bed of green and purple lettuces! 🙂