December 31, 2009

December 29, 2009

Sketchwork on Etsy

Now you can own your very own Sketchwork sketch! I have just opened an Etsy shop with 10 small drawings - please visit!

December 15, 2009

Ceramic Jars from Bennington Museum



11/22/09 Bennington, VT

December 14, 2009

Niagara Falls



11/20/09

December 13, 2009

Rainbow Bridge and the American Falls



11/20/09

December 12, 2009

More from Niagara Falls



11/20/09 Water is difficult to draw.

December 11, 2009

Horseshoe Falls





11/20/09

December 10, 2009

Skylon Tower at Niagara Falls



11/20/09 I did not go up in this, but we could see it from our hotel room.

December 09, 2009

Plant at Falling Water



11/19/09 Sketched this after eating lunch at the cafe at Falling Water.

December 08, 2009

Falling Water



11/19/09 I heard that Frank Lloyd Wright sketched the idea for this out very quickly when the client was on his way to FLW's studio. I don't know how he did that, considering how difficult it is to draw when you are looking right at it!

December 04, 2009

Pittsburgh Microbrewery



11/18/09
The Church Brew Works in Pittsburgh. This used to be a church, and now it's a microbrewery! It felt weird and slightly blasphemous. The pierogi was good.

December 03, 2009

Sketches from our Trip: Nashville: Pittsburgh Breakfast



11/18/09
Pamela's P&G Diner in Pittsburgh. They had excellent crepe-like pancakes.

December 02, 2009

Sketches from our Trip: Nashville



11/16/09
This is a microphone belonging to the band Jupiter One, which was opening for Regina Spektor at the Ryman Auditorium. Maybe it was rude to be sketching while they were playing? Sometimes I can't help it.

November 20, 2009

Power Lines



11/14/09

November 18, 2009

Train by U of M



11/14/09

November 16, 2009

Clark Tower



11/13/09

November 14, 2009

Midtown House



11/7/09

November 13, 2009

Waiting in a Parking Lot



11/5/09

November 11, 2009

Summer Ave



11/5/09

November 02, 2009

Sketch 5: Another Downed Tree on a Sandbar



10/24/09

October 30, 2009

Sketch 4: Pebble Beach, Arkansas Side



10/24/09

October 28, 2009

Sketch 3: Small River Channel at Hickman Sandbar



10/24/09

October 27, 2009

Sketch 2: Downed Tree on Hickman Sandbar



10/24/09

October 26, 2009

Sketch 1 from our Adventure on the Mighty Mississippi



10/24/09

October 22, 2009

Rollerderby Practice



10/20/09

October 21, 2009

Midtown



10/10/09

October 13, 2009

Building with Trees and Overhang



10/8/09

October 11, 2009

October 08, 2009

Studio Sketch



10/7/09

October 07, 2009

Broad Ave



9/15/09

Sketchwork Moved!

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