September 19th, 2026

I Love Labor Day!

​It’s a turnaround time for the year. Our dreadfully hot summer is almost over. We have a bit more heat which ends the first week of October and a few more wonderfully cloudy storms. Friends who escaped for summer are coming back. It’s the last time to fertilize our big plants before ‘winter’, and the time to pick the winter garden small plants like petunias. It’s TURNAROUND!
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Sketching Anywhere

​This sketch was done while getting my toenails done. This young, tattooed lady was getting her fingernails done. She had the sweetest face and dreadlocks, long tasseled earrings and shoe adornments, and an outfit that was skin tight and looked totally street-people…except for that lovely face. An amazing combination I couldn’t resist. Isn’t it fun to catch things in your sketchbook???

Girl with Dreadlocks

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Travel Sketching

Summer teaching was fun and exhausting with all the travel. Northwest Art School in Coupeville, Lakewood in Lake Oswego and Sunriver near Bend were all great locations with marvelous people learning.  We’re just getting old for this format. We will teach live in Tucson (see October 5, 6, 7), and by on lines with ZOOM. Susan plans great things with subscriptions, coming very soon. I do hope someone will come forward to teach Pocket Sketching live nationally. It’s tremendously rewarding personally and can be very rewarding financially.

Travel Rewards

An unexpected travel reward was staying in the new Marriott Hotel in Redmond, Oregon, Room 5. That room is right over the beginning of a massive irrigation system that follows a natural stream bed. I love to sketch water, so here are two sketches. I could have stayed several days just to sketch the rushing water.

Redmond Irrigation

Redmond Irrigation Canal

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Upcoming Workshops

Basic Workshop - Home Studio
October 5, 6, 7
10 am to 4 pm
$400
Basic Kit Supplies Included

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Happy Sketching!