New England Sketchbook Pages Updated

Here’s the finished drawing from the previous post. It’s on New England Sketchbook 1
I’ve just updated my New England Sketchbook Page, and as it was getting a little unwieldy, I’ve added a second one, New England Sketchbook Page: Critters N’ More. The first page has been updated further. Some of the older versions of my [...]

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The Difference Between a Sketch and a Drawing

This is a sketch- It’s a lovely little brook behind Benson House, with charming waterfalls and babbling cascades. I drew it in about 30 minutes while sitting on a mossy boulder and being sucked dry by mosquitos and blackflies. I’ll do a full-scale drawing of it later, going back with my field equipment and using [...]

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From the Ground Up

Spring arrives both geographically and altitudinally. Down south in Oklahoma it’s already getting hot and the irises should be done flowering. In the northern woods, spring is taking its time. Go up another 1,000 feet in elevation and you still may find some snow. Edwin Way Teale wrote beautifully about this simple truth in his [...]

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