Quick sketch of Shari Blaukopf's talk at Madeline Island School of the Arts. Kuretake fountain brush pen.

I don't mention this enough, but almost everything I post is drawn from direct observation. There's nothing wrong with working from photos or your imagination, but if you've never tried drawing from life, try it. It can make your other art skills that much better!





The difference 15 years of practice makes.

Year in review 2019: family sketches. First up: Juni (4yo) tried to tell me she wasn't sleepy and wouldn't lie down.

Point of view sketches over the years.

Linda's sewing space, 6 years ago.

Two years ago, sketching Juni in remote kindergarten.

The figure drawing group

How it started How it's going

Sketching the sketchers

Will and Tom at life drawing

Three years ago I was losing my mind in quarantine and sketched the engine compartment of my `06 Camry.

Still love this one.

Sketching Juni doing some coding on her iPad.