Cool, Warm, Rococo
This week, we had a few inches of snow, followed by the most beautifully temperate sunny days! That’s how it works in springtime where I’m at: it’s a dramatic back-and-forth until summer tails in at
Gummy Candy Palette
Today, I’ve got another gouache painting from my little book of sketches themes around certain color palettes. Today’s inspiration was a selection of vibrant fruit colors. Gummy bears seemed like a fun challenge to paint,
Daffodils
We had snow again yesterday, but I’ve had spring flowers indoors for a couple of weeks now! If you buy a bag of spring bulbs while they’re on clearance at the end of the season
Kitchen Baskets
With a tiny page, I can do a more detailed little scene in one morning’s warm-up. Today’s sketch was based on a photo of a kitchen nook, and I was most interested in trying to
Tapestry Palette
In my small sketchbook of little color palettes, I stick to paintings made with between about six to ten colors. Usually, I start by looking at the well of my honeycomb palette with the most
Peach Florals
I’ve been having a ton of fun in the sketchbook I’ve dedicated to little, limited color gouache sketches! One of these small palette sketches is perfect for a morning warm-up, especially if I paint in
Chateau Flowers
For the last couple of weeks, my Friday post has featured a curated palette. In that spirit, I wanted to share something again from my little book of color palettes. Today, I have gouache sketch
Wardian Case
Sometimes, I just get a hankering for coloring in a big area in with regular graphite pencil. When I sketched a few simple plant shapes in the sketchbook, I ended up framing them in like
Sea Glass Palette
It’s a color palette day! This gouache sketch is monochromatic, focusing on the blue-green color family. The cool weather this week had me thinking in cool tones. I was inspired by the colors in glass
Winter Garden
Gardening is the most recent non-art hobby that I’ve fallen in love with. Growing things is something I’m pretty bad at, historically, but with practice and persistence, I’ve managed to get kind of okay! I