Watching Go Diego Go

Just a little something from this morning:) My daughter stays home from pre-school on Mondays, and she loves Dora and Diego…an opportunity to get her to sit still. and I love this pose…especially the feet:) I decided to overcome my fear of drawing in ink, and grabbed a ballpoint for this one. ( A blotchy

Carriage Horse at St. Stephen’s Green

(please click to make it big!) I now have total respect for the dude (or dudette) that invented the wheel! Or anyone that can paint them well…OMG! I spent an hour on that smaller wheel, and it’s still not right! It was right, in pencil, once, then I inked it and screwed it all up!

Christ Church Cathedral and the Synod Hall, Dublin

This was such a beautiful site. The cathedral itself, which is off to the right, and the Synod Hall, which is actually an add-on from the late 1800’s, I believe. It was formerly a church, and was built around the tower which is much older. It now houses a permanent display on Medieval and Viking

Dublin, Ireland ~ the Custom House, O’Connell Bridge and the Liffey River

(please click if you want to see it bigger) This was basically the very first photo I took in Dublin. It features the Custom House, O’Connell Street Bridge, and of course, the Liffey River. My hostel, Abigail’s, was also very near to there.  Now, I do believe that I have become quite daft!! I came

I’m Looking at You…

I’m Looking at You…O’Hare Airport This is from my layover at O’hare. They have an interesting airport. There’s absolutely nothing after you get through customs except for a junk food machine. It’s row after row of shops, then a simple gate with two dudes, you go through, and then there’s nothing…I had a two hour

New Travel Sketchbook Started

“On the Road”  Here’s my first spread of my Ireland, UK, and Italy themed travel sketchbook. I am so annoyed with  myself for not actually keeping one while I was there and experiencing it all fresh, but I just had NO TIME to sketch. I was at a flat out run almost all day every

Goodbye to the Sketchbook Project! I’m Done!!

So…I know this page is a total cop-out! I had aspirations of doing a self-portrait with my kids, but somehow the day got away from me, and since the last picture turned out great, and took A LONG time to finish…I just didn’t want my very last picture to be second-rate…and I’m tired…there, I’m done,

Good Morning, Sunshine

Good Morning Sunshine — for the sketchbook project She’s actually staring out the big sliding windows in our kitchen, into the rising sun. We have a gorgeus mountain view, and it was glowing pink on the snow. Just gorgeous! I’m going paint this one of these days, because the light is amazing. Actually, I did

Mr. Rock Star

Mr. Rock Star for Sketchbook Project Every little boy wants to be just like his dad. We got some pictures of him “rockin’ out” the other day with his dad’s guitar. I think he looks like a natural! Oh No!!  Oh yeah, by the way, my husband is selling one of his gorgeous guitars on

Sick Day

Sick Day–for Sketchbook Project My poor little munchkin is home sick today. She’s so miserable, with a headache and fever. I hate it when their sick because I hate to see them suffering. But it gives me an opportunity to draw a stationary child which doesn’t happen very often. Here, she’s watching Night at the