Characters, personalities, eccentrics, and originals.

Scenes, streets, and moments in time.

Impressions and studies from day-to-day life.

  • Very lucky to spend part of my day with good friend and talented painter Joan Marie at the opening reception for the Culture & Agriculture exhibit. Swipe over to the 2nd picture to see Joan's beautiful watercolor of Milkweed & Monarchs. The show is up until July 26, Mon-Fri, 10am - 4pm. The gallery is located in the lobby of Marshfield Clinic. I recommend stopping for a coffee at Cattails, @cattailscoffee ,when you go see the show, they make a nice latte, and are also in the clinic lobby. (There is also a nice online catalog of all of the artwork in the show, off the new visions page, from Marshfieldclinic.org) #newvisionsgallery #coffee #wisconsinart #painting #exhibition #marshfield #juriedshow #cattailscafe #marshfieldclinic #watercolor #painterfriends
  • Bluberry leaves and buds, sketched before the rain. I think they will open in the next few days, looking forward to painting them! #wisconsin #sketchbook #ink #blueberries #spring #illustration #blueberrybush #slowfood
  • Little 5x7 oil study, still a bit of work to do with the roots. I'm surrounded by several woodpeckers, a couple curious squirrels and one very quiet crow sitting above me...maybe critiquing my work. #naturebathing #fieldpainting #pleinair #oilpainting #trillium #marsh #moss #wisconsin #arboretum #trail #thehiddenlifeoftrees #spring
  • Violets all across the backyard. . #tinydetails #sketchbook #wisconsin #watercolor #ink #spring #blueviolets #myfavoritethings #painting #edibleflowers #slowfood
  • The first bluberry leaves. Did you know a bluberry bush will live for up to 50 years? I have a gnarly old one in my backyard, it's taller than me! Waking up my brain with some little sketches. #wisconsin #sketchbook #blueberries #myfavoritethings #slowfood #watercolor #ink # #sketching #coffee #bluberrycobbler
  • Some places in Eau Claire have changed over the years...but not this alley! Well to be fair, that roof looks a little more crooked. I can smell grease and pancakes wafting out the back door of the Grand Ave Cafe. Arriving early this morning I wasn't planning to paint this, infact I was walking around to the front side and decided there was a lot of character to the back of these old buildings. Tonight at 6pm is the reception for the show of pleinair paintings painted in the Chippewa Valley this week. I had a peek at several beautiful paintings being dropped off by the artists from all over! Show runs until Mid August @pablocenter #gopaintchippewavalley #pleinair #painting #urbanpainting #oilpainting #coffee #visitec #oldbuildings #cafe
  • Just a couple little oil sketches, exercising the paint brush a bit this morning. Even saw a little muskrat swimming down below. #lakesuperior #landscape #wisconsin #curiouswi #houghtonfallsnaturepreserve #hiking #waterfalls #washburn #bayfield #pleinair #pleinairpainter #exerciseoutside
  • Quick oil study, beautiful afternoon by Lake Superior. Watching the ferry going back and forth to Madeline Island. #pleinair #fieldpainting #oilpainting #madelineisland #lakesuperior #fish #hiking #wisconsin #bayfield #ferry #bodinsfishery
  • Wintergreen. Collecting tiny details of my favorite things. #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #coffee #wintergreen #hiking #tramperstrail
  • Tall Pines, blue hour in Northern Wisconsin. #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #pleinair #pleinairpainter #northwoods #bluehour #pines
  • Oil study on Bruce Line Road, probably the end of the snow for the season. Driving on the dirt roads of Wisconsin can feel like traveling back in time. Horse carriages, black wool skirts hanging on clotheslines, cords of wood piled high... but then you see side by sides, ATVs, and giant trucks with balls! #siteseeing #withee #thorp #greenwood #hwy73 #clarkcounty #pleinairpainter #pleinair #outdoorpainter #reddirtroad #bacwoods #curiouswi #scenicroads #coffee #wisconsinartist
  • Watching the dirty snowbank melt away. #spring #tree #watercolor #sketch #newsketchbook #pageone
  • New sketchbook day! Cobbling together a new sketchbook out of scrap paper. It is full of imperfections, but I'm antsy to get outside and get sketching. #watercolor #sketchbook #sketching #bookarts #bookbinding #fabrianopaper #handmade
  • It's so quiet. This is the last of the snow, everything is waking up in the woods. A hawk glides down to get a closer look at my painting, it is silent but casts a shadow as it flies and then sits above me blending in...it is the exact same color as the tree. Several of the oldest trees in front of me have angle bends, and I wonder about when they were bent, by whose hand, and for what purpose. The trees have been part of many stories. #hiking #trailmarker #sacredsite #hiddenlifeoftrees #wisconsin #pleinair #landscape #painting #oilpainting #history #coffee #fieldpainting #outdoorpainter #wisconsinartist #naturebathing #woods #hawk #birdwatching #snowpainting
  • Small town Wisconsin, does anyone know where I'm working this afternoon? Trains rumbling past, melting snow, oldstyle sign in the distance... #wisconsin #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #pleinair #traintracks #landscape #centralwisconsin #travelwisconsin
  • Warming up in the sun with some sketches before heading outside to paint. #viewfrommydesk #watercolor #sketchbook #coffee #rosmarino #rosemary #studio #herbgarden #spring #garden #mint #seedsavers #slowfood
  • As I was sketching pine trees, this truck rolled up to have a look at the power lines. He looked very confused with the tangle of wires. Earlier today I had spotted a group of little birds sitting in that same place. Perhaps they tied the wires in a knot? #wisconsin #scenery #sketchbook #worker #powerlines #urbansketching #birdwatching #peoplewatching #ink watercolor
  • Driving around on all the red dirt roads, and scoping out locations for a new series of oil paintings. Here's a quick watercolor sketch outside of Spencer Wisconsin. The sandhill cranes are back, along with a lot of other little birds migrating through. #spring #wisconsin #sketchbook #centralwisconsin #watercolor #painting #farm #field #reddirtroad #coffee #pleinair
  • Junction City Wisconsin #winter #wisconsin #sketchbook #snowdrifts #watercolor #ink #railroads #urbansketching
  • Junction City Wisconsin, scoping out locations for oil painting outdoors. (Sketching in the car) #wisconsin #winter #sketchbook #ink #watercolor #snowdrifts #railroad #junctioncity
  • One of my sketchbook pages from last weekend, snow drifts up past the windows...and more shoveling than painting. #wisconsin #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #snowdrifts #winter #snow
  • Friends, tomorrow night, February 5th, if you are in Eau Claire, check out the artist reception at the James W. Hanson Gallery in the Pablo Center, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm. I have one painting in this show, it is a piece from my private collection, Termite Mounds Karijini National Park AU, and painted when I lived in Australia. I don't know if I'll be able to be at the reception, it depends on the weather for driving across Wisconsin! But please stop in and see all of the different artworks created by UWEC Alumni. Some of the other Artists showing are @madelineludtke @lukascarlsonartist  @tcbaileyceramics @mandismoothhills (The exhibit is on view until March 15th) #eauclaire #pablocenter #exhibition #JamesWHansonGallery  #uwec #uwecalumni #pleinair #oilpainting #danamjohnson #wisconsinartist #artcollection #termitemounds #karijini #australia #nationalpark #westernaustralia #landscape #termite #termitemound
  • A peek at some of the outgoing mail for the new additions to my mailing list. Sketching the snowy tree outside my window, thankful to be working inside today. The second image is a note from my nephew in the mailing list sign up box at the gallery, too cute! (To be added to the list for snail mail, and show announcements, follow the link in my profile to my website, hit contact on the upper right) #mailart #painting #studioday #correspondence #pinetrees #watercolor #polarvortex
  • Sketching at my desk this morning, frosted window and my rosemary plant. My Rosemary decided that -28 degrees outside, is the perfect time to flower inside. It is also the perfect day to write notes to the new additions to my mailing list. Thank you to everyone who visited the show of my recent paintings at the Chestnut Center for the Arts, and those who signed up for my mailing list. The Chestnut Center is closed today because of the weather, and tomorrow is the last day to see the show. (If it is really cold tomorrow please call the center to check they are open! 715.389.8999) #sketchbook #rosemary #watercolor #painting #belowzero #sketch #coffee Wisconsin
  • Thank you to everyone who ventured out in the snow last Friday to attend the reception at the Chestnut Center for the Arts. It was so nice to meet many locals and also see familiar faces. Thank you Heather for taking photos, here is one of Heather and I, she has been an inspiration, and a supporter of my painting since we met 12 years ago. Check out her creative jewelery @lawrenzjewelry Thank you to Adam, the staff, and board members at the Chestnut Center for organizing a great reception. The paintings will be on view until January 31st, #painting #landscape #gallery #wisconsinartist #danamjohnson #artreception
  • One last preview of the gallery at the Chestnut Center for the Arts. The reception is this Friday 6:30-8pm. Show is up until January 31st. If you can't make it to the opening or during normal business hours and really want to see the paintings send me a private message, I'm organizing a few private viewings. (Photo by Adam the director of the Chestnut Center) #wisconsinartist #pleinairpainting #oilpainting #landscape #gallery #wisconsinart #marshfield #wisconsin #painting #danamjohnson
  • Cold rainy night in Wisconsin, a great night to finish framing this painting. It will be in the upcoming UWEC Alumni exhibition at the James W. Hanson Gallery at the Pablo Center in Eau Claire Wisconsin. If you want to see which painting was selected, the show is on February 1- March 15 (reception Feb 5, 5-7pm). #wisconsin #pablocenterattheconfluence #uwec #wisconsin #wisconsinartist #landscape #oilpainting #eauclaire #studioview #jameswhansongallery #visiteauclaire #universityofwisconsin
  • A peek into the gallery at the Chestnut Center for the Arts. Two paintings painted on the same day at Powers Bluff in Arpin Wisconsin. On the left is an overview along the trail. On the right a detail of the ancient quartzite. You can get a closer look at these and 20+ other paintings, at the public reception on January 18, 6:30-8pm (it's free to attend) #oilpainting #wisconsinartist #landscape #newtraditionsartpanels #pleinair #gallery #artscenter #quartzite #hiking #trail #powersbluff #arpin
  • Beautiful sunny afternoon in the studio. There is something wonderful about a nice clean palette. I am looking forward to starting some new paintings this week and hoping it isn't too cold out, although a little more snow would be nice! If you have any suggestions of places in Wisconsin to paint in 2019 leave a comment, I always enjoy discovering new places. #studioview #sunshine #painter #artiststudio #painting #newyear #wisconsinartist #coffee #discoverwisconsin #travelwi
  • Autumn camping, early morning painting. #coffee #camping #hiking #pleinair #landscape #painting #pines #starlake #wisconsin #northernhighlandamericanlegionstateforest #owl #loon #wolfspider
  • Morning light over the water. Thankful for every day that I get to spend painting outside. I had an audience of beautiful leopard frogs leaping around my easel and one enormous heron landed silently to my right. A great morning for birdwatching too, the longer I stood in one place the more I spotted... #bees #paintedturtle #heron #sandhillcrane #hawk #leopardfrog #ribbonsnake #wildcranberries #wisconsin #hiking #pleinair #oilpainting #painting #landscape #wildlife #birdwatching #coffee #paintoutside
  • McMillan Marsh Wildlife Area, a gorgeous morning to be outside working. The colors are beginning to change on the horizon and the Sandhill Cranes starting to migrate through the area. #hiking #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #marathoncounty #wisconsin #landscape #marsh #travelwisconsin #birdwatching #outdoorpainting
  • I have been busy varnishing, organizing, and framing, plein air paintings of Central Wisconsin. The paintings will be on view at the Chestnut Center for the Arts in Marshfield Wisconsin, January 3rd - 31st. There will be a reception on the evening of January 18th. I will share more information closer to January! All of the paintings in this exhibition were painted in the past year, and all with in an hour's drive of Marshfield. #wisconsin #hiking #pleinairpainting #travelwisconsin #artwork #landscapepainting #coffee #gallery #oilpainting #exhibit #wisconsinartist #painting
  • Working outside near the railroad tracks in Central Wisconsin. The train just rumbled past, blocking my view, so I'm taking a quick coffee break to warm up. I finally bought a good thermos and it really keeps the coffee warm! This little oil study isn't quite done, but the sun is shifting fast. #pleinairpainting #landscape #painting #oilpainting #coffeebreak #train #industriallandscape #wisconsin #snow #newtraditionsartpanels
  • November 1st, a frosty morning in Wisconsin. Picked up one last red leaf to sketch. I am not sure what type of tree this is from, a very tough leaf, anyone know what kind it is? #watercolor #wisconsin #sketchbook #autumn #leaf #tree #coffeebreak #sketchbreak
  • Working at the top of Powers Bluff near Arpin Wisconsin. It is the most amazing autumn weather, breezy but warm. This is a very beautiful place to walk this time of the year. I have to bring my paintings back to the studio to have a good look at the days work and I will post better photos soon! (Swipe to the 2nd image to learn about the history of Powers Bluff) #coffeebreak #powersbluff #arpin #wisconsin #travelwisconsin #hiking #pleinairpainting #pleinair #painting #landscape #newtraditionsartpanels #wisconsinhistory #dancecircle #winnebago #potawatomi #chippewa
  • One last oak leaf collected in my sketchbook from a hike at Levis Mound. This leaf is larger than my sketchbook, not sure what type of oak tree it is from, it has a beautiful red tint to it. #oakleaves #watercolor & #ink #autumn #wisconsin #hiking #fallcolors #sketchbook #inktober2018
  • More bronze colored oak leaves from Levis Mound trail #watercolor #wisconsin #sketchbook #autumn #leaves #oak
  • I collected some beautiful oak leaves along the trails at Levis Mound. The trails were busy! I was hiking, but they are a neat place for mountain biking. There were people of all ages exploring on all sorts of bikes. #painting #watercolor #oakleaves #hiking #mountainbiking #levismound #travelwisconsin #sketchbook #autumn #coffee
  • Red maple leaf, and the first bit of sunshine I've seen all week! A nice change from the rain and even snow flurries... #october #autumn #wisconsin #sketchbook #powersbluff #arpin #watercolor #sunshine #hiking
  • It's that time of the year where I fill my sketchbook with leaves. Trying to capture the colors before they disappear. This little leaf is from the top of Powers Bluff #autumn #leaves #wisconsin #sketchbook #hiking #powersbluff #watercolor #painting #arpin
  • Little island, another watercolor & ink sketch from the shore of Star Lake in Vilas County. #discoverwi #vilascounty #travelwisconsin #watercolor #pleinairpainting #hiking #camping #sketchbook #landscape
  • A day of hiking, swimming, and sketching around Star Lake. The Star Lake nature trail, in the American Legion State Forest is a beautiful trail. It is also goes through one of Wisconsins' first managed forest areas, planted in the early 1900s. #starlake #vilascounty #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #hiking #travelwisconsin #vilascounty #redpine #whitepine #scotchpine
  • It has been a long time since I've had a little space of my own to set up my easel, finally getting to unpack paintings from the last few years, and rediscover old work. #studiospace #painting #frencheasel
  • Framing a painting is always a bit like getting it dressed up for a party. Ths painting will be available as part of the auction for the annual Lift Up the Arts fundraiser at The Chestnut Center for the Arts in Marshfield Wisconsin. The event is October 25th, 5:30-9:30pm, an Alice and Wonderland themed event with live music by Hub City Jazz, food, and drinks. #centralwisconsin #oilpainting #artwork #coffee #studioday #artauction #chestnutcenter #jazz
  • One more page from the summer sketchbook, blueberries, Lake Superior, and sailboats. Blueberry season is the best. #sketchbook #pleinair #sailboat #greatlakes #lakesuperior #swimming #watercolor #ink #travelwisconsin #bayfield #madelineisland #blueberries #bluevistafarm
  • Sketching, more sailboats. #lakesuperior #sailboats #sailing #sketchbook #greatlakes #madelineisland #apostleislands #watercolor #ink #swimming
  • Summer sketching, my favorite things to sketch Lake Superior, Madeline Island, sail boat. #sketchbook #pleinair #sailboat #greatlakes #lakesuperior #swimming #watercolor #ink #travelwisconsin
  • Enjoying every moment that I get to stand outside and gaze at the greens in Wisconsin. I have an audience of redwing black birds lined up behind me, critiquing from the power lines. #wisconsin #landscape #oilpainting #pleinair #field #summer #painting
  • More Wisconsin apple blossoms, sketching in some quick details. #spring #sketchbook #wisconsin #appleblossom #flowers #watercolor #ink #pleinair #perfume #blooming #sunset
  • Overnight the apple blossoms opened, if only I could share the amazing fragrance with all of you. #spring #sketchbook #wisconsin #appleblossom #flowers #watercolor #ink #pleinair #perfume #blooming
  • Standing on the edge of a tall cornfield along Yellowstone Trail. Something is rustling in the corn, racoons? The Yellowstone Trail was the first transcontinental automobile highway through the upper tier of states in the United States, established on May 23, 1912. The central Wisconsin part rolls past farms, green fields, and often families of turkeys. #pleinair #painting #wisconsin #farm #landscape #yellowstonetrail #discoverwisconsin #travelwi #coffee #oilpainting #corn
  • A quick stop to do a postcard sketch, almost melted in the heat! Stopped for a couple minutes, along the road in the Mead Wildlife area near pool 16, spotted an eagle and a few other birds. The greens and wild flowers are thriving in the heat. It is hard to believe this was covered in snow a little over 2 months back. If you are in Central Wisconsin and enjoy walking or bird watching, this is a great place to stop. Monday to Friday the visitor center is open, but you can always stop by for a walk on the weekends. (gouache on 300 lb fabriano paper) #meadwildlifearea #mcmillianmarsh #milladore #wisconsin #hiking #wildliferefuge #landscape #pleinair #gouache #painting #mailart
  • Happy Solstice! Sketching with goauche in the Denali area, what a beautiful place in the world. Had many wildlife sightings today in the park, caribou, moose, grizzlies, magpies, and more. #travel #sketchbook #goauche #landscape #pleinair #painting #denali #alaska #solstice
  • Summer Soltice sketching, 20+ hours of daylight. #denali #denalinationalpark #alaska #ink #sketchbook #nationalpark #summer #hiking #bustour
  • Sketching, 10:30pm and plenty of light yet to sketch, really quiet, although quite a few mosquitos, about 12 miles outside of Talkeetna. Talkeetna is quirky, and tiny. There are a lot of tourists, most consuming either ice cream or beer. #tallpine #watercolor #ink #alaska #sketchbook #landscape #painting #talkeetna #summer
  • Little sketches in watercolor and goauche. #homer #alaska #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #goauche #mountains
  • Watercolor sketching, rain and fog, Kachemak Bay. #sketchbook #kachemakbay #homer #alaska #fog #rain #watercolor #coffee #sea #treasures #beachcombing
  • Homer Alaska, looking across Kachemak Bay. #alaska #homer #pleinair #painting #watercolor #sketchbook #landscape #mountains #kachemakbay
  • Today a little break from painting greens. Painting this little 6x8 of the back alley of a building in Marshfield, Wisconsin. A man walked up to look at the painting and then told me he was on his way in to the salon to get his nose hairs waxed! Probably one of the funniest things someone has told me while I'm out working. But, I guess if you are ever in Marshfield, and want to get waxed... now you know you can go to Merle Norman. #discoverwisconsin #travel #pleinair #pleinairpainting #buildings #oilpainting #merlenorman #marshfield #wisconsin #nosehair
  • There was a strong wind this afternoon, but it was wonderfully warm by the Little Eau Pleine River and near by flowage. The highlight of my quiet afternoon out was a river otter that ran past. I also spotted a muskrat and a hawk. (Oil on linen on board, 12
  • Morning hike and quick sketches at Mead Wildlife Area. Beautiful blue sky, new mud boots, and a muskrat sketched through binoculars. #wisconsin #spring #earthday #hike #meadwildlifearea #sketchbook #pleinair #watercolor #ink #muskrat #mudboots
  • A study of the melting snow. Last weekend Central Wisconsin went from puddles to over 20 inches of snow, and now it is melting away. As I painted, the redwing blackbirds watched and a pair of killdeer swooped around the field. (10x8
  • Farm off of Hwy 10 in Central Wisconsin. This is from earlier this week, it is raining this morning and snow in the forecast for the weekend. #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #farm #field #discoverwisconsin #barn #coffee #painting #pleinair #travelwisconsin #snow #spring
  • Maybe this is the end of painting snow for the season? It was a noisy day out today, with sandhill cranes, ducks, and geese flying overhead. I worked on this little study during two quick afternoons out in the snow that is quickly turning to mud. #oil #painting #pleinair #pleinairpainting #spring #birds #trees #wisconsin #art #travelwisconsin #coffee
  • Dodge, this van has been around, but not going too far anytime soon. (6x8
  • A grey day among the trees. This study isn't finished yet, it has been a great exercise in desaturated colors and gentle shifts of tone. A flock of geese flew over while I painted, and I think I heard a robin singing. I am looking forward to the spring greens to arrive. #wisconsin #trails #landscapepainting #oilpainting #pleinair #winter #trees #painting #coffee #lunchbreak #hewittmarshtrail
  • Textured bark, melting snow, and the first mosquito of the season! #sunshine #pleinair #snow #tree #oilpainting #wisconsin #winter #landscape #painting
  • Working outside this morning. #sunshine #cattails #snow #field #pleinair #oilpainting #wisconsin #landscape #painting #coffee #birdwatching #newtraditionsartpanels #travelWI
  • Taking an afternoon break to paint some postcards and sit in a sunny window. Any artists want to exchange hand painted/sketched cards this week? I made a few extras #painting #watercolor #postcard #mailart #wisconsin #trees
  • Checking on my trees and landscapes from January, they are drying nicely in the little panel carrier boxes my dad made (thanks dad!). Toning some light weight panels from New Traditions and preparing for warmer painting and hiking days. #oilpainting #pleinair #panelcarrier #newtraditionsartpanels #wisconsin #woodworking
  • November colors... #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #autumn #tree #leaves
  • It's 31degrees in Central Wisconsin, I had to paint quickly and do jumping jacks to keep my fingers moving. Even when it's cold, it is nice to get out in the fresh air. #pleinair #snow #trees #painting #wisconsin #landscape #freshair #oilpainting
  • A quiet second story window view. The January landscape can be a challenge when the sun isn't out, so desaturated and subtle. #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #landscape #wisconsin #art #pinetree #farm #field #snow
  • Early morning, before 7am, if I am lucky I catch the first colors of the day from the window. #oilpainting #wisconsin #winterpainting #snow #landscapepainting #trees
  • Crooked little Apple tree covered in lichens. #oilpainting #appletree #pleinair #wisconsin #lichen #painting
  • Painting at the George W Mead State Wildlife area. A beautiful conservation area in the valley of the Little Eau Pleine River. Spotted a bald eagle, a muskrat, and a lot of other interesting animal tracks in the snow. Thanks to John for rigging up an old sled to pull my french easel on, and taking the photos! #hiking #snow #wisconsinstatenaturalarea #wildlife #pleinair #oilpainting #landscapepainting #conservation #eaupleine #sledding #painting
  • This afternoon felt like a January Wisconsin heatwave, 35+ in the sunshine. Nice to get a bit of exercise outside this afternoon. Although the titanium white is hard to work with today! #wisconsin #pleinair #oilpainting #trees #landscape #winter #snow #landscape #sorelboots #frencheasel
  • Late afternoon trees, little 5x7
  • Happy New Year! Starting 2018 in Wisconsin with -17 Fahrenheit. #Wisconsinsketchbook #watercolor #ink #snow #winter #sketch
  • Last of the bright autumn colors, frost across Wisconsin last night (snow in the North!). #wisconsin #sketchbook #redmaple #watercolor #ink #sketch #travelwi
  • Red Maple leaf #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #maple #leaves #autumn #hiking
  • Bayfield apples, saving one in my Wisconsin sketchbook. #bayfieldwi #cortland #apple #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #autumn
  • Milkweed pod, a tiny detail from the Ice Age Trail. I revisited the Table Bluff segment today, and the colors along the trail have changed to gold, red and brown. A big difference from a few weeks back when I painted old oak along the same trail. #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #milkweed #prairie #hiking #iceagetrail #tablebluff #swamplovers
  • Collecting Wisconsin maple leaves in my sketchbook. #mapleleaves #watercolor #ink #painting #wisconsin #sketchbook
  • Wisconsin October colors #watercolor #ink #wisconsin #autumn
  • Little sketches today, juniper leaves and a Shagbark Hickory Nut at Indian Lake County Park. This is a big park in Dane County, with trails for walking and if we get snow...skiing in winter. The Ice Age Trail runs through the park and on the North side it is bordered by Halfway Prairie Dane County Wildlife Area. Anyone in Wisconsin roasting Hickory nuts? #shagbarkhickory #hickorynut #juniper #discoverwisconsin #indianlake #iceagetrail #hiking #sketchbook #inktober
  • Divided water of the Townline reservoir and Townline Flowage South of the Eau Pleine River. Thousands of Sandhill Cranes flocking overhead to the protected waters of the George W Mead State Wildlife area. An amazing sight and sound. #discoverwisconsin #sketchbook #inktober #inktober2017 #birdwatching #sandhillcrane
  • Swift Yellow River running through North Wood Park in Wood County Wisconsin. Sketching trees and standing on the 172ft suspension bridge at dusk. #discoverwisconsin #sketchbook #inktober #inktober2017 #trees #yellowriver #suspensionbridge
  • This morning painting at Table Bluff, part of the Ice Age trail and swamp lovers foundation. This is a beautiful area of trails that wind through restored prairie and oak savannah. Wisconsin is beautiful in September. #pleinair #oilpainting #pochade #hiking #wisconsin #iceagetrail #swamploversfoundation #discoverwisconsin #prairie #oaksavanah #painting #crossplains
  • A small quick tree painting, painted in the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Northern Wisconsin. What you can't see in the painting are the mosquitoes! However, it is a beautiful area of lakes, forest and camping. (18x24cm on Belle Arti Panel) #pleinair #oilpainting #chequamegonnationalforest #nicoletnationalforest #wisconsin #spectaclelake #kentucklake #camping #hiking #painting #discoverwisconsin
  • Small oil sketch of Lake Superior, in Northern Wisconsin. Painted at the end of a beautiful short walking trail. The trail is on private land, but open to respectful hikers to enjoy the beautiful walk and views at the end. The water was 68°F and great for swimming. #houghtonfalls #apostleislands #lakesuperior #travelwisconsin #discoverwisconsin #pleinair #oilpainting #wisconsin #painting #hiking #swimming #greatlakes #washburn #bayfield #echodells
  • Little oil painting from a few weeks back, the view from the kitchen window on a windy winter afternoon. Moving day, have packed up the little apartment and saying goodbye to this view. #oilpainting #melbourne #painting #pleinair #australia #rooftops
  • Afternoon sketching at one of my favorite window seats. I suspect many artists sit here and sketch, great for people watching and daydreaming. #caffeetorta #Melbourne #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #coffee
  • Noosa, watching the waves and a few surfers. A really nice coast walk in the national park, a long part of the trail is paved and easily accessible. #Casuarina #noosa #beach #australia #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #queensland #surf #noosanationalpark
  • A little study on the beach, arms are a little tired (and out of shape!) after kayaking a complete loop around the island. Spotted some interesting wildlife during the camping trip including sea turtles, butterflies, many beautiful birds, shells of the deadly cone snail, and a spotted python napping on the back of the door of the pit toilet at Paddle Bay. #oilpainting #pleinair #beach #Whitsundays #islands #camping #hiking #kayaking #sandybay #paddlebay #australia #nationalpark #southmolleisland #southpacific #coralsea #lovewhitsundays
  • Hiking, painting and a bench with a view. #southmolleisland #whitsundays #australia #camping #hiking #islands #painting #pleinair #oilpainting
  • South Molle Island, Whitsundays AU. I have been hiding out in the Whitsundays with a lot of sea turtles. #scamper #whitsundays #camping #painting #beach #sandybay #southmolleisland #kayak #australia #watercolor #ink #sketchbook
  • Little watercolor from this afternoon, what you can't see in this painting is the intense cold wind, the ominous dark cloud behind me, and you can't smell the penguin poo smell from the rocks around me! (The penguins are sleeping right now as I sketch). I will be dropping this and a few other watercolor post cards in the mail today. #mailart #watercolor #ink #melbourneart #urbansketchers #sailboat #postcard #stkilda #kitesurfing #sailing
  • Port Melbourne Fire Department Boat. They parked in front of my setup so I tried my best to quickly paint the boat in. Calm water today and a lot of nice people stopped to chat while I worked. I met a lovely couple from New Zealand, the firemen from the boat, a sailor about to depart on a world tour (first stop Fiji), and some tourists from China who had their pictures taken with me and invited me to visit them in China. Never a dull moment working outside! #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #stkilda #Melbourne #australia #pochade #sailing #firefighting #fireboat #firebrigade #skyline
  • Calm water on the Yarra River today, little grey day sketches from the Library at the Dock, maybe my favorite library. This library has great views, a cafe, great art books, a gallery, VR headsets, and a ping-pong table. #docklands #yarrariver #melbourne #watercolor #ink #publiclibrary #painting #boltebridge #urbansketchers #greatlibrary #industrial #port #melbourneurbansketchers
  • Tree gazing at golden hour in Fitzroy Gardens, Melbourne. #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #fitzroygardens #melbourne #greenspace #trees #urbansketchers
  • Fitzroy Gardens, beautiful green space in the center of Melbourne. The gardens were designated to be reserved as gardens in 1848 and cover about 64 acres. #watercolor #sketchbook #melbourne #fitzroygardens #naturebathing #greenspace #publicpark #urbansketchers
  • Moody sky this afternoon, I love the color of this boat docked in St Kilda. #sea #sky #boat #sailing #watercolor #ink #sketch #saunderswaterford #stkildapier #Urbansketch
  • Chickens, posing for a few sketches and looking a bit 'punk rock' this afternoon. #urbangarden #communitygarden #stkildacommunitygarden #chickens #melbourne #australia #watercolor #ink #punkrock #chooks
  • Putting some lemons into my sketchbook. #communitygarden #urbangarden #lemons #stkildacommunitygarden #melbourne #watercolor #ink #greenspace #sketchbook #illustration
  • Spirit of Tasmania in the distance, just a quick sketch and stop along my walk. I'd love to take the boat over to Tasmania! #spiritoftasmania #portphillipbay #portmelbourne #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Coffin Bay National Park, a beautiful part of the world, no people just giant dunes and big white sand beaches. #coffinbaynationalpark #whitesand #beach #australia #southaustralia #watercolor #ink #pleinair #hiking
  • Hiking along the Investigator Trail in Lincoln National Park, South Australia. The trail is full of emus, kangaroos and beaches. #hiking #lincolnnationalpark #australia #beach #watercolor #ink #pleinair
  • Sketching at the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Gardens, #southaustralia #portaugusta #australia #botanicalgardens #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #travelaustralia
  • Very breezy by the water today but got in a couple hours of work outside. #pleinair #oilpainting painting #australia #stkilda #beach #palms #sunshine
  • Afternoon sketch in the busy cbd of Melbourne. Watercolor & ink #painting #sketchbook #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #visitmelbourne
  • Just enough wind for the kite surfers but not too much for painting. Working outside today, perfect autumn day. #pochade #oilpainting #pleinair #sailboats #beach #stkilda #portphillipbay #australia #kitesurfing
  • Sketching with my friend Nouka, Melbourne. #melbourne #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #laneway #australia #hardwarelane
  • Port Campbell, #greatoceanroad #australia #sketchbook #watercolor #waves #sea
  • Rainy day sketches. #urbansketchers #mca #sydneyharbour #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Sketching, sunset South Head, Sydney Harbor. #sydneyharbour #sketchbook #watercolor #sydney #sharkbay to #Watsonsvay #hiking #sydney #australia #sailing
  • Dunes at Kilcunda Surf Beach. #bassstraight #australia #watercolor #pleinair #painting #sketchbook #sanddunes #kilcundabeach #surf
  • Sunset, Berrys Beach. #beach #phillipisland #australia #watercolor #sketchbook #bassstraight
  • Phillip Island end of the day, a lot of hiking and wildlife sightings. #phillipisland #australia #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #berrybeach #painting
  • The St Kilda Community Gardens are so quirky, I love it, sculptures everywhere between the veggies. Including this veggie bed made to look like a ship with sails. There are even guinea pigs and birds at the garden. #communitygarden #garden #urbangarden #Urbansketchers #veggies #stkilda #urbanfarming #melbourne #melbourneurbansketchers #stkildacommunitygarden
  • Sketching, great clouds and colors over Port Phillip Bay this afternoon. #Urbansketchers #watercolor #sketchbook #sea #portphillipbay #melbourne #clouds #australia
  • On the St Kilda Pier, amazing weather today, still feels like summer. Afternoon painting, watercolor + ink, 18x25cm, on Saunders 100% cotton paper. . ($70 USD message me if interested, I will be updating my website with available paintings soon) #sailboat #stkilda #stkildapier #stkildakiosk #melbourne #coffee #watercolor #ink #urbansketchers
  • Working, somewhere along the side of a road between Bright & Wandilligong in Victoria Australia. #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #victoria #australia #alpinenationalpark #mountains #hiking
  • Boat sketches, and walking at low tide #stkilda #sailboats #watercolour #ink #beach #australia
  • Hepburn Community Wind Farm. One turbine can power 1,500 homes. #windfarm #hepburncommunitywindfarm #hepburn #australia #sustainableenergy #windturbine #sketchbook #victoria
  • Quick Brighton Beach sketch just by the Baths at Middle Brighton, some good tunes coming from the cafe, a few swimmers in the water, skyline in the distance, pretty nice golden hour. #brightonbeach #skyline #watercolor #sketchbook #melbourneurbansketchers #urbansketchers #goldenhour
  • Little sketches this morning along Johnston street in Collingwood. #collingwood #melbourne #fitzroy #watercolour #ink #australia #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • Along the Esplanade in St Kilda, under a shady palm. The Palais Theatre on the right and Luna Park in the background. The Palais opened in 1927 and is currently closed and under renovation, I'm curious to have a look inside, hope it reopens on schedule in a few months. #palaistheatre #lunapark #stkilda #melbourne #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #deco #architecture #australia #rollercoaster
  • The only way to keep cool today. #beach #swim #campcove #watsonsbay #sydneyharbour #hike #sydney #australia #Urbansketchers #sketchbook #watercolor #sailboats
  • One my favorite cafés, on the terrace at the MCA, such a nice view. #museumofcontemporaryart #australia #watercolor #sketchbook #Urbansketchers #sydney #coffee #circularquay #cruiseship #ferry #sydneyharbourbridge
  • Trying to stay cool in the shade, pausing to people watch, people boarding a cruise ship. #peoplewatching #cruiseship #ferry #tourist #circularquay #sydney #Urbansketchers #australia #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Fantastic people watching in Melbourne laneways. #melbourne #peoplewatching #laneway #sketchbook #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #coffee (very soon new AU updates @sketchworthy project.)
  • Torquay Beach AU, big walk along the beach, calm water and beautiful clouds. #lowtide #torquay #beach #austraila #watercolor #sketchbook #sand #sailing
  • Morning in Lorne along the great ocean road. I startled and was startled by a giant sulfur crested cockatoo while painting, he almost flew into my hair. #painting #sketchbook #cockatoo #greatoceanroad #austraila #watercolor #norfolkpine
  • Quick little sketch in the busy city centre. #summer #melbourne #urbansketchers #melbourneurbansketchers #australia #sketchbook #watercolour
  • Hiking at Cape Woolamai, one of the highest points on Phillip Island. Cape Woolamai area is also home to a national surfing reserve, ancient pink granite and many sea birds. #watercolour #ink #geology #sketch #hiking #capewoolamai #nationalsurfingreserve #phillipisland #australia #sketchbook
  • Smiths Beach, Phillip Island. #smithsbeach #phillipisland #australia #watercolour #ink #sketchbook #surf #sea
  • Beach day at Walkerville South. Interesting historic site of limestone kilns along the walk between the North & South beach #bassstrait #beach #australia #sketchbook #watercolour #walkerville #Gippsland #Victoria
  • End of the day looking over the field with birds, cows, horses, geese and a couple big grey kangaroos in the distance. Outside of Bass in South Gippsland #bass #Gippsland #Victoria #australia #farm #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #ruralsketching
  • Cape Schanck walk, along the southernmost tip of the Mornington Peninsula. #BassStrait #capeschanck #morningtonpeninsula #australia #sketchbook #pleinair #watercolor #ink
  • Little Blue Cafe, the St Kilda Pier Kiosk, at the end of the St Kilda Pier might be my new favorite cafe as it has a fantastic view for sketching the boats and good coffee. #stkildakiosk #melbourne #sketchbook #pleinair #watercolor #ink #sailboats #Urbansketchers
  • Sketching boats at St Kilda Pier, haven't spotted any of the penguins yet... but the wind surfers are fun to watch #sailing #sailboats #stkilda #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #Urbansketchers #australia
  • Messy sketch, neat roofline, perfect weather. Southern cross station Melbourne. #urbansketchers #urbansketchersmelbourne #ink #australia #melbourne #sketchbook #trainstation
  • Morning coffee & sketching exercise, the view from @kirkswinebar on Hardware Ln #Melbourne #laneway #Australia #sketchbook #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #sketch #coffee #melbourneurbansketchers
  • Williamstown Ferry, from Gem Pier. #hobsonsbay #seaside #williamstown #australia #ferry #watercolor #sketchbook #urbansketchers #melbourne
  • St Kilda Sunshine #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #Urbansketchers #melbourne #stkilda #beer #beach #australia #sunshine
  • Wintery Street sketch, from a good window seat in Bayfield WI. (Nice book store across the street too, called Apostle Islands Booksellers) #bayfield #Wisconsin #winter #snow #lakesuperior #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #apostleislands
  • Painting postcards, finally above 0°. This morning listened to the ice and watched the ferry slowly push through the ice from Madeline Island to Bayfield, Lake Superior is starting to freeze. #bayfield #Wisconsin #coffee #watercolor #ink #Urbansketchers #lakesuperior #MadelineIsland #winter #snow #travel #painting #mailart
  • A page from my Chicago summer sketchbook, love all the big old trees lining Chicago's streets. I forgot about this ink sketch, from Hoyne Street. #chicago #sketchbook #travel #ink #sketch #ukrainianvillage
  • Quick little sketches of Chicago winter faces, people watching on Clark Street. #chicago #uskchicago #wintercoats #urbansketchers #usk #peoplewatching #coffee
  • Prune pastry from Ann's Bakery, I don't think I've ever painted powdered sugar before. This little bakery and deli offers a variety of breads and a large selection of imported Ukrainian food and candy. (Ann's is at the corner of Leavitt & Chicago Ave) #coffee #prunepastry #ukrainianvillage #chicago #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #pastry #urbansketchers
  • Cozy afternoon sketching in the Jitterbug Room @Catalystranchchicago with my Urban Sketching friend @mysteriousmannequin . A colorful + unique space to book meetings and events, there are so many interesting little curated rooms, a lot of options to sketch! #catalystranch #chicago #watercolor #ink #sketch #uskchicago #urbansketchers #usk
  • December sketches #snow #sketchbook #watercolor #snowday
  • Good Morning Milwaukee. Sketching, and just rediscovered this nice Faber-Castell warm grey marker in my pocket, one of the gifts from the sponsors of last summer's Urban Sketching symposium and workshops in Chicago. Looking forward to the International Urban-sketchers Conference in Chicago next summer! #urbansketchers #Urbansketch #milwaukee #collectivo #sketchbook #chicago
  • Watercolor sketching date with @mysteriousmannequin , so beautiful for November #usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #chicago
  • Messy painting, but was fun to be outside working on such a nice November night. It was too dark to take the finished photo last night. 9x12
  • Super Moon painting, work in progress, not sure how this painting will turn out, but the moon is amazing! #supermoon2016 #pleinairpainting #pleinair #nocturn #skyline #chicago #oilpainting #moon #november #chicagoart
  • Very windy, bright, and cold, yet still beautiful outside this morning, at Montrose Harbor Chicago, with a few brave Chicago Plein Air Painters. Even some sailboats out on Lake Michigan today! A very quick study 8x10
  • Blue sky, sketchbook break, now back to work. #Chicago #sketchbook #usk #urbansketchers #uskchicago #watercolor & #ink #skyline
  • Afternoon on Division Street in Chicago, still warm enough to sit outside. #pleinair #oilpainting #chicago #painting #alliancebakery #coffee #macarons
  • Happy Halloween, a very small, 5x7, quick study on Hoyne Ave (just North of Augusta) in Chicago. There are some fantastic decorations further north on Hoyne, Chicagoans really love Halloween! Also spotted some tiny superheros, a ballerina and a ghost while painting. #halloween #pleinair #oilpainting #Ukrainianvillage #chicago #historichomes #architecture
  • Afternoon with Chicago Urbansketchers, two views of the Chase Plaza in Chicago's city center. Thanks to @uskchicago @blick_chicagoloop & @urbansketchers for hosting great event! #uskchicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #sketchbook
  • Morning in Millennium Park with Plein Air Painters of Chicago, the challenge of painting the cloud gate sculpture (the bean) #oilpainting #pleinair #chicago #cloudgate #thebean #milleniumpark #placemaking
  • Chicago public library, man eating chicken out of a bag on 6th floor, a man (or perhaps a wizard?) On 8th floor, girl reading... Just a few sights during a rainy afternoon at the library. #books #library #urbansketchers #uskchicago #haroldwashingtonlibrary #chicken #sketchbook
  • Sketching, a little exercise & some people watching. #urbansketchers #uskchicago #usk #greenstreet #westloop #chicago #watercolor #ink
  • Super quick sketch, I only had a few minutes! Back side of Sts. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church in Chicago #Volodymyr #uskchicago #urbansketchers #chicago #ukrainianvillage #usk #cathedral #watercolor #church
  • Chicago October Skyline. Perfect weather today for painting outside. Oil on board, 23.75 x 17.75
  • Columbia Yacht Club Chicago, sketching on the deck, open house for part of #ohc2016 #ChiArchitecture #uskchicago #usk #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #chicago #lakemichigan #yachtclub #columbiayachtclub
  • Filigree Suppers Chicago, a beautiful collaboration of creatives held at Studio Gang in Chicago #chicago #popup #dinner #menu #illustration
  • Illustrations in action! Thank you for the beautiful evening @filigreesuppers lovely food and great people around the table xo #hungryfordesign #illustration #dinnerparty #chicago
  • Hoyne Street, Chicago. One of the watercolor sketches currently on view at Epic Spices (1725 W Chicago Ave). #watercolor #ink #westtown #ukrainianvillage #chicagoart #architecture
  • Quick little ink & watercolor before heading back to street level. #watercolor #ink #navypier #ohiostreetbeach #lakemichigan #360chicago #chicagogram #uskchicago #urbansketchers #inktober #artinthesky #usk #sailboat
  • Skyline painting, second painting of the day, facing South over Chicago, painted on location at the John Hancock Observation Deck #artinthesky #chicago #architecture #360chicago #pleinair #oilpainting #painting #skyline #ChiArchitecture
  • Looking out over Navy Pier, Ohio Street Beach and Lake Michigan over 1,000 ft above Michigan Ave. Painting on the observation deck of the John Hancock Building. #pleinair #oil #painting #360chicago #architecture #johnhancockbuilding #artinthesky #navypier #ohiostreetbeach #lakemichigan #chicago
  • This morning's painting set up, 94 floors above Chicago, #artinthesky #360chicago #pleinair #painting #lakemichigan
  • Scottish shortbread, from The Highlanders Cookbook (1966). It has been many years since I've made shortbread, one of my favorites. Painted this little postcard sketch while my tea cools. #scotland #highlands #highlander #scottishshortbread #vintagecookbook #watercolor #postcard #mailart
  • This sketchbook just fell off the shelf and opened to this page, from a few years back, a day spent sketching in the courtyard of The Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. The wonderful thing about opening to a random unexpected page in a sketchbook is I remember what the air felt like, what I was wearing, and the sounds below, while leaning on the railing above the courtyard careful not to drop my paints over the edge. #milano #PinacotecadiBrera #italy #italia #sketchbook #memories
  • Epic Spices front window for West Town Art Walk. . #westtownartwalk #westtownchicago #watercolor #ink #painting #sketch #chicago
  • Sketching to the sound of the birds and the goats next door, in the lovely garden at the corner of Thomas & Wood in West Town Chicago. . Finished sketch will be up at Epic Spices during West Town Art Walk, Sept 30 & October 1st #neighborspace #urbangarden #chicago #communitygarden #watercolor #westtownartwalk #sunflowers #bees
  • I love a good dinner party, and I have been having so much fun working on sketches for the Prairie Supper. A collaboration with Filigree Suppers, this pop-up dinner is on October 9th in Chicago. . . Hosted on the roof of Studio Gang, there only a few tickets left! Check out the creative collaborators involved in this unique experience @filigreesuppers @studiogang @ashleylinpottery @dotandarmy @oliviamaeromano @thefoxglovestudio & chefs Jennifer Jackson + Justin Tootla #prairie #hungryfordesign #chicago #popupdinner #illustration #watercolor #sketchworthy
  • #Repost @bigdeliciousplanet with @repostapp ・・・ We had an artist out at the table today drawing our urban farm for the West Town Art Fair. Good luck Dana!
  • Working on an 18x 24
  • Morning at the beach, afternoon with Chicago Urban Sketchers in Ping Tom Memorial Park, along South branch of the Chicago River. View is facing the Canal Street Vertical lift bridge built in 1914. Great park and active riverfront, you can arrive by water taxi, kayak or yacht. Also a quick walk from the redline train. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #chicago #chinatown #chicagoriver #pingtompark #watercolor #boat #urbankayaks #canalstreetbridge #liftbridge
  • Morning exercise with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago, really fun to see how everyone tackled the greens. Lovely to meet new painters too, hope to paint with everyone again soon. #pleinair #oil #painting #chicago #pleinairpaintersofchicago #indianboundarypark
  • I had to paint the red door first! Work in progress, along with several other 18x24
  • Skinny sketch from this morning, sitting next to @mysteriousmannequin painting in Pilsen. #pilsen #chicago #uskchicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #coffee
  • Fun morning of sketching + painting and chatting in Pilsen! at #jumpingbeancafe #Repost @mysteriousmannequin with @repostapp ・・・ Love sketching meetups with fellow artists And love seeing different interpretations of the same subject. Coffee and sketching with @danamjohnson Check out her artwork- it's fantastic! #uskchicago #urbansketchers #pilsenchicago #chicago #igerschicago #sketching #artfriends #chicagoneighborhoods
  • Summer in a bowl! The best unexpected gift, fresh tomatoes dropped off at my door. #tomatoes #pomodori #produce #garden #watercolor #ink #illustration
  • Long walk around Chicago, waited out the rain with a quick sketch and a good coffee at Sawada on Green St. #watercolor #ink #painting #uskchicago #urbansketchers #sawadacoffee #coffee #chicago #sohohouse
  • Rainy day research, tart cherry pie. #hoosiermamapie #cherry #pie #watercolor #ink #sketch #westtown #chicago #coffee #cafe
  • Ohio Steet Beach Chicago. #ohiostreetbeach #chicago #urbanbeach #uskchicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #beach
  • Labor Day, beach day! #chicago #laborday #watercolor #ink #beach #painting #uskchicago #urbansketchers #beach #swimming
  • Westtown, good coffee and the staff are so pleasant! A start to an 18x24
  • Plums, one of my favorite fruits, not just because of the aroma and taste, but also the color. That amazing cloudy blue on the outside is an epicuticular wax, also on blueberries, kale and many other plants. This self forming wax has several purposes to help keep rain off the plants, keep moisture in the fruit, and in some cases protects against UV light and insects. #Epicuticularwax #plums #perfume #watercolor #fruit #painting #illustration
  • Not exactly a fruit, but more an enclosed flower, there is a unique fig wasp that has evolved to pollinate the fig. There was fascinating article in Huffington Post last week about the fig & fig wasp. Instead of painting my coffee this morning, I painted part of my breakfast, a little exercise to get my brain moving. #figs #watercolor #flower #pollination #breakfast #illustration
  • Tuesday, day 5 of 5 day sketch challenge, thanks Liz @lizsteelart for the fun exercise! #fivedaysketchchallenge #ink #watercolor #bialetti #coffee #illustration
  • Monday morning coffee. After WWII Renato Bialetti (Alfonso's son) marketed the espresso maker to the public and made it a world wide success, including adding the logo of the little man with a mustache. Earlier this year Renato passed away and his ashes were buried in a giant Moka replica (I am not making this up! It was in the news, search CNN) #fivedaysketchchallenge #bialetti #coffee #illustration #ink + #watercolor
  • Sunday afternoon at Ohio Street Beach #watercolor #ink #chicago #summer #swimming #urbansketchers #uskchicago
  • Chicagoans were making the most of the beautiful weekend, sketched this mother & son playing at the Ohio Street Beach. Water was clear and comfortable 69°F today. #summer #chicago #swimming #urbansketchers #uskchicago #watercolor
  • Sunday #fivedaysketchchallenge #watercolor #ink #bialetti #coffee
  • North Ave Beach Chicago. #northavebeach #chicago #beach #uskchicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #skyline
  • My Bialetti Moka espresso maker. I've used this almost every day for the past 5 years, I felt I needed a souvenir on my first trip to Florence, so I bought this! Designed by Luigi De Ponti & produced by Alfonso Bialetti, it has had basically the same design since the 1930s. Sketching this as part of Liz Steel's proposed #fivedaysketchchallenge. Thanks @lizsteelart ! #coffee #macchinetta #moka #italian #design #bialetti #watercolor #ink
  • Working on watercolors & sketches this week around Chicago Avenue, in preparation for a little window display during West Town Art Walk. #westtown #chicago #watercolor
  • Goodnight Chicago, beautiful sky tonight, a burst of color before dark. #chicago #rooftops #uskchicago #summer #urbansketchers
  • Taking a a few minutes to enjoy my tiny patio kitchen garden and sketch the tomatos + compost bucket! Did you know if you are in Chicago, there is a great service that will pick up your compost on a regular schedule? Healthy Soil Compost picks up by bike and trailer, you can learn more @healthysoilcompost #compost #bikedeliveryservice #ServiceDesign #urbangarden #seedsavers #urbansketchers #uskchicago #watercolor #slowfood #tomato #basil #pepper
  • Oil Painting, a picture of the work in progress, Northern Wisconsin. Very quiet on the lake, just a few loons, a turtle or two and a lot of frogs. #wisconsin #pleinair #lake #oil #painting #spectaclelake #camping #hiking #discoverwisconsin
  • Oil Painting, a picture of the work in progress, Northern Wisconsin. Very quiet on the lake, just a few loons, a turtle or two and a lot of frogs. #wisconsin #pleinair #lake #oil #painting #spectaclelake #camping #hiking #discoverwisconsin
  • Sand Island on the horizon, the view from Little Sand Bay on Lake Superior. #watercolor #painting #apostleislands #apostleislandsnationallakeshore #nationalparks #lakesuperior #beach #sailing #islands #swimming #pleinair
  • Riding in the car eating & painting blueberries, two of my favorite things. #bluevistafarm #blueberries #bayfield #travelwisconsin #camping #lakesuperior #farm
  • Lake Superior, Little Sand Bay, Apostle Islands National Lake Shore. #lakesuperior #greatlakes #apostleislands #littlesandbay #beach #watercolor #sketch
  • Minneapolis followers! Several artists have donated works to this event to support Soo Visual Arts Center $20each Two 4x6
  • Ohio Street Beach Chicago, water temperature 77°F perfect for a dip. #lakemichigan #urbansketchers #uskchicago #chicago #beach #swim #icecream #stillmanandbirn #sketchbook #micron #sailboats #sailing
  • Enjoying the beautiful summer day and sketching with visiting artist @mireiagubianas, just down the street from #architecturalartifacts #Ravenswood #chicago #urbansketchers #uskchicago #watercolor #ink #sketchbook
  • A nice morning out with the Plein Air Painters of Chicago group, painted this little oil study of La Luce on Lake Street. #pleinair #oilpainting #painting #chicago
  • Tall Ships Festival Chicago #watercolor #sketch #chicago #tallships #urbansketchers #drakenharaldhårfagre #viking #ship
  • Golden hour, Lake Street Chicago. #watercolor #uskchicago #urbansketchers #italian #laluce
  • Painting in Milton Lee Olive Park, a shady quiet Park along Lake Michigan, near Ohio Street beach in Chicago. I walked around Navy Pier and the tall ships are beginning to arrive! #miltonleeolivepark #chicago #Lakefront #lake Michigan #pleinair #oil #painting #pleinairpainting #navypier #ohiostreetbeach #tallships
  • Power lines & blue sky, Western Ave Chicago. #ink #sketch #uskchicago #chicago #urbansketchers
  • This morning's work in progress, still have quite a bit to work on to finish, but it's 92°F/33°C today, I'm melting outside! Met some nice people today, who told me some stories about the area over the past 30 years, they even bought me a water. #pleinair #oilpainting #painting #chicago #westtownchicago #summer #odges #hotdogs
  • Calm water this morning at Oak Street Beach, Chicago. #uskchicago #oakstbeach #chicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #swimming #lakemichigan
  • Many of the residential buildings around the Ukrainian Village were built 1910-1917. #ukranianvillage #watercolor #ink #urbansketchers #travel #chicago
  • St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Ukrainian Village Chicago, completed in 1915. #urbansketchers #uskchicago #ukranianvillage #chicago #architecture #cathedral
  • Weekend watercolor #coffee #watercolor
  • Quick sketch at Millennium Park, Chicago, I love these sculptures, made from old tires #urbansketchers #publicart #uskchicago #milleniumpark
  • Bake Sale tomorrow at the Spudnik Picnik, Painted a little watercolor of the 'Pepperkakors
  • Sketching Swap, Chicago Rooftops sketch dropped at the post office today, on to the Brooklyn Art Library. @thesketchbookproject @fabercastellUSA #thegreatamericansketchingswap #brooklynartlibrary #chicago #sketch
  • Delta Diner northern Wisconsin, fantastic food but bring something to do while you wait for a table inside. There are covered picnic tables outside to play cards & visit at while you wait. #diner #deltadiner #wisconsin #ruralsketchers #travel #watercolor #coffee #pie #watercolor #sketchbook #breakfast
  • Sketch from the steps of the public library an old brownstone in Bayfield. #publiclibrary #urbansketchers #lakesuperior
  • Little watercolor from this morning, the view from Big Water Coffee Roasters, looking over at Apostle Islands Booksellers #urbansketchers #bayfield #wisconsin #coffee #lakesuperior #bigwater #watercolor #bookstore #apostleislands
  • Little sketches from the window of the train #amtrak #urbansketchers #watercolor #travel #hiawatha #chicago #milwaukee #training
  • Back in Ukrainian Village Chicago, a small quick sketch in watercolor to work out an idea for an oil painting. This building is 120 years old. #ukranianvillage #architecture #chicago #urbansketchers #uskchicago #chicagohistory #watercolor #ChiArchitecture
  • Sketch break & coffee #lincolnsquare #chicago #cafe #coffee #watercolor #uskchicago #urbansketchers
  • Beautiful little urban garden down by the river with industrial Chicago in the background. Spotted a few kayaks passing on the river this morning, a perfect summer day! #urbansketchers #uskchicago #urbankayaks #chicagogarden
  • Watercolor sketch, after a long walk, I found some shade near Michigan Ave. #chicago #riverfront #wriggleybuilding #michiganave #urbansketchers #uskchicago #coffee #summer #painting
  • Anyone recognize where I am sketching? Just for fun, I will send this little postcard size watercolor to the first person to comment the correct name of the place. #chicago #garden #veggies #coffee #uskchicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink
  • Working larger today 18 x 24
  • Cooling down inside after working outside this morning, on a larger watercolor of Chicago Roofs. Just rediscovered these tiny rooftop sketches I did 4 years ago, in Turin Italy. #watercolor #ink #sketches #turin #torino #italy #italia #laundry #rooftops #urbansketchers
  • Sketching #bowtruss #coffee #chicago #roscoevillage #watercolor #uskchicago #urbansketchers
  • Summer clouds, a quickly painted postcard, #watercolor #painting #mailart #postcard
  • A lively afternoon by the lakefront in Chicago! #watercolor #ink #uskchicago #urbansketchers #lakemichigan #lakewalk #lincolnpark #dog #sunshine
  • The view from comfy seat 1A @airchoiceone beautiful weather for flying North. #airchoiceone #chicago #ironwood #upperpeninsula #urbansketchers #flight #ohareairport #watercolor #lakemichigan #lakesuperior #airplane
  • A lot of people tuning up their boats for the season at DuSable Harbor along the Lakefront Trail. #lakemichigan #sailing #sketch #watercolor #chicago #uskchicago #urbansketchers #lakefront #yachts #sailboats #dusableharbor #visitchicago
  • Sunny afternoon quick watercolor sketch, Columbia Yacht Club Chicago, Lake Michigan. #lakemichigan #columbiayachtclub #uskchicago #urbansketchers #boat #sailing #summer #watercolor #pleinair #painting #navypier
  • Exercising, spring greens have arrived to Chicago, a challenging afternoon workout of mixing greens. #pleinair #painting #spring #pallette #chicago #oilpaint #green #paint #onlocation
  • Dropping off post cards, Puunene Post Maui, 96784 #puunene #postoffice #mailart #watercolor #painting #hawaii #maui #post #hc&s #sugar :) @thepostalproject
  • Ho'okipa Beach, North Maui. Beautiful, this is my kind of beach. #maui #hookipabeach #surf #surfers #painting #pleinair #watercolor #ink #waves #pacificocean
  • Lahaina, busy little town, watching the boats and a couple surfers riding the waves. #onogelato #lahaina #maui #coffee #surfers #watercolor #painting #urbansketchers #hawaii
  • Coffee stop, little sketch from the table on the porch at Grandmas. #maui #urbansketching #coffee #kulahwy
  • Quick pen & ink spider lilly #sketchbook #micron #maui #flowers #hawaii #hana #Crinumasiaticum #spiderlilly #sketch
  • Working, early morning painting #maui #pleinair #painting #oil #paint #oceanview #sea #hana #hawaii
  • Waves Hamoa Beach Hana #watercolor #sketch #bodysurfing #hawaii #hamoabeach #maui #pleinair #painting
  • Hamoa Beach watercolor. #hana #hawaii #hamoabeach #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Rainy morning sketches from the porch, #hana #palms #ink #sketchbook #maui #travel #hawaii
  • Quick sketch, windy Kamaole Beach. #kamaole #sketchbook #maui #beach #sea #sketch #drawing #micron #ink
  • True Spring weather, Navy Pier Chicago, Lake Michigan. #ink #watercolor #uskchicago #lakemichigan #greatlakes #sketchbook #navypier #chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • Quick afternoon watercolor & ink #chicago #watercolor #ink #urbansketchers #rooftops #uskchicago
  • Metropolitan Barber Shop Chicago, love the classic chairs & floor. #chicago #MonadnockBuilding #architecture #barber #hair #urbansketchers #uskchicago #ink #brush
  • Metropolitan Barber Shop Chicago Monadnock Building. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #chicago #barbershop #watercolor #ink #style
  • I can't believe how fast my tomatoes sprouted! If you are looking to find good seeds in Chicago, both Christy Weber Farm & Garden and also Dill Pickle Coop sell Seed Savers Exchange. #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #spring #seedsaversexchange #gardening #slowfood #chicago #Dillpicklecoop @cwlfarmgarden
  • Preparing for hiking & plein air painting! This weekend the only sketching I had time for was a part of my notes during a comprehensive Wilderness First Aid course. Sketches are making a leg brace from a camping mat & creating a sling. Also recommend the pictured books to anyone who likes to sketch or paint outdoors, The Art of Field Sketching by Clare Walker Leslie, Landscape Painting by Mitchell Albala, Outdoor Sketching lectures by F Hopkinson Smith. (will be returning them to the Chicago library tomorrow) #nolsedu #rei #chicagopubliclibrary #pleinair #painting #books #hiking #sketchbook #artistresource
  • A spot of color on this foggy day in Chicago, watercolor sketch, Flamingo sculpture, Alexander Calder 53 ft tall. #publicart #calder #sculpture #chicago #uskchicago #urbansketchers #pleinair #watercolor #sketchbook #ink #spring
  • Skyline pencil doodles, #skyline #sketches #chicago
  • Another detail from yesterday, little sketches of faces on the train around Chicago. #headphones #micron #moleskine #peoplewatching
  • People, details from yesterdays sketches in Chicago, all over on the buses & trains #sketchbook #micron #faces #train
  • Fast faces, tiny sketches of people waiting in a line. #chicago #sketchbook #micron #ink #sketch
  • Redline & bus rides around Chicago, faces of Chicago. #urbansketchers #uskchicago #peoplewatching #sketchbook #chicago
  • Quick sketches around the Dressing Downton Exhibit, really beautiful exhibit, and the details on the clothing are exquisite! (Pencil only for sketching at the Driehaus) #downtonabbey #driehausmuseum #historicfashion #urbansketchers #museums #sketchbook
  • A sketch of a maid gliding around the dining room and serving afternoon tea, at the Driehaus Museum. Part of the experience at the Dressing Downton costume exhibit. #downtonabbey #chicago #dressingdownton #driehausmuseum #urbansketchers #fashion #historichomes #sketchbook #museum
  • I am very excited this arrived in the mail from Italy! Beautiful hardcover book created by Zooo Print + Press featuring 15 years of art by #ericailcane , an artist whose work I discovered when I lived in Torino. Thank you @potentedifuoco & @zooo_____ the book is great! #streetart #books #illustration #italy #artistbooks #zooo #italia #graffiti
  • Will add a bit of ink later, over the pencil on this sketch of the Winter Garden on the ninth floor of the Harold Washington Library #chicagopubliclibrary #greatspaces #architecture #uskchicago #urbansketchers #library #illustration
  • Winter Garden on the ninth floor of the Harold Washington Library, this quiet space is the perfect afternoon escape from the snow and wind. #watercolor #chicago #publiclibrary #urbansketchers #uskchicago #publicspace #architecture
  • Winter is not over yet! Spotted near Randolph Street #ink #sketch #february #chicago #fashion
  • Detail from the quick afternoon sketch, Chicago has a lot of neat old buildings #chicago #architecture #sketch
  • Nice sunny windows for people watching & sketching, and one lovely croissant. #chicago #dollopbakeshop #ink #watercolor #painting #uskchicago #urbansketchers #coffee
  • I liked this lady's hat, sketched her on the bus, finishing adding watercolor at my desk, it was too bumpy on the bus to paint. #Chicago #busstyle #streetstlye #fashion #watercolor #sketchbook #cta
  • The most beautiful, unexpected burst of color arrived in my mailbox! Hand painted by designer + stylist @thegypsycollective_ xo thank you Hayley, going to frame & hang the paintings in my studio :) #australia #watercolor #mailart
  • Fading light, Chicago rooftops with old cooked bricks. #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #architecture #chicago #sketchbook
  • Keeping Shady, sketching the basil on my windowsill garden, 3 months ago from today I planted the seeds, amazing how fast everything has grown. #basil #basilico #seedsavers #seeds #garden #sketch #watercolor #ink #chicago #summer #slowfood
  • Chicago Roofs, quick sketch in the sun, 85°F #watercolor #painting #sketch #architecture #uskchicago #urbansketchers #pleinair #summer
  • A pic of my signed screen prints for the upcoming group show & portfolio exchange, 'Temporal Tantrum' at Spudnik Press Coop. June 17- July 30, opening 6-9pm Fri June 17 @spudnikpress. Other artists include, @randistella @thisnewforest @tararchy @designbyangelika @shleeface and more! #chicago #printmaking #exhibition #gallery #portfolioexchange #artists
  • Double palette day, surprised how well this cheap clipboard, bent with pliers, has been working for painting. Was a cheap, lightweight solution while traveling but I keep using it even in the studio. #painting #colorpalette
  • Faces from the bus, a few sketches from last night riding the 65 in Chicago. #chicago #sketchbook #faces #hair #bus
  • Watercolor sketches out the train window. #Amtrak #train #hiawatha #Chicago #Milwaukee #urbansketchers #uskchicago #painting #wisconsin
  • Good Morning #pleinair #clouds #painting #chicago #summer #studio
  • Close up, Montrose Beach Chicago #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #chicago #urbanbeach #beachday #inlandsea #lakemichigan #summer
  • Painting, Montrose Beach Chicago. #lakemichigan #pleinair #painting #oilpainting #chicago #beach #montrosebeach #sunbathers #summer #greatlakes
  • Saturday afternoon people watching, #coffee #sketching #uskchicago #urbansketchers #elainescoffeecall
  • On the bus, across the city #chicago #uskchicago #urbansketchers #sketchbook
  • Bus people sketches. #chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers #streetstyle
  • Stopped at the library to quickly pick up a book, easily distracted, ended up sketching & reading the New Yorker, what a great cover on the latest edition by artist John Cuneo! #chicago #publiclibrary #uskchicago #newyorkerinthewild
  • Watercolor, ink, dolphins, painting & people watching at the Shedd Aquarium. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #dolphins #sheddaquarium #painting #chicago #marinelife #winter
  • Rediscovered a micron brush pen on my desk, one I have not drawn with, a quick little roofline sketch to test it out. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #ink #micron
  • Spotted at the library, a winter disguise. Carrying my watercolors around today my water jar started to freeze! #chicago #publiclibrary #fashion #sketch #watercolor
  • Blue Sky, winter rooftop #watercolor #chicago #urbansketchers #uskchicago
  • Desk day lunch break sketch #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #moleskine #freshflowers
  • Cold days #Chicago #watercolor #ink #fabrianopaper #winter #painting
  • Breakfast with the birds, -16°C this morning, the urban birds have puffed their feathers to keep warm. #chicago #juncos #finches #sketchbook #watercolor #birds
  • Winter fashion on the bus, adding a little color to this morning's sketch. Winter 30°F #Chicago #urbansketchers #uskchicago #fashion #furcoat #haircolor
  • It's a start, just a little too cold to stay out and finish this painting today, will have to return on another afternoon. #chicago #pleinair #oilpainting #february #bardeville
  • Love these girls, matching hats, connected by headphones, sharing music. #chicago #bus #sketch #headphones #music #teen #fashion #bestfriends #urbansketchers
  • Beret on the bus, #chicago #bus #travel #urbansketchers #fashion #beret
  • Faces on the bus, #chicago #bus #urbansketchers #sketchbook #uskchicago
  • @uskchicago thank you for organizing today's sketch meetup, was a fun afternoon! #fieldmuseum #uskchicago #chicago #sketchbook
  • Spending the afternoon testing out an experimental set up I made, and doing a bit of underpainting. I am always working on new ways to set up quickly and be ultralight weight. #oilpainting #chicago #pleinair #february #ice
  • The spring flower show is now on at the Lincoln Park Conservatory, very peaceful early in the morning, open at 9am if you need a winter escape. #Chicago #lincolnpark #conservatory #urbansketchers #winterescape #flowers
  • The Fern Room, Lincoln Park Conservatory Chicago. The perfect place to warm up in February. #uskchicago #urbansketchers #chicago #conservatory #watercolor #ferns #painting
  • Some shoppers on a snowy day, spotted in Chicago by Morgan Ave. A lot of creative well crafted items for sale at the Dose Market today, #chicago #sketchbook #ink #dosemarket
  • Afternoon exercise, window sketches. #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #uskchicago #urbansketchers
  • Sketch & coffee break. #pilsen #jumpingbeancafe #coffee #chicago #urbansketchers
  • Tall pines, U.P. Michigan #ink #sketch #upperpeninsula #michigan #pines #ruralsketchers
  • Hwy 51, northern Wisconsin, more painting in the passenger seat #upperpeninsula #michigan #wisconsin #sketchbook #watercolor
  • Wisconsin Roads, painting in the passenger seat. #Wisconsin #winter #roadtrip #watercolor #sketchbook
  • This made me smile, just opened a book to a page from a few years ago, people watching in a piazza in Florence Italy. #florence #tourists #sketchbook #firenze #travel #italy #watercolor
  • Starting a new sketchbook today, and putting 2015 Chicago book #1 on the shelf with the past few years of my life. #sketchbooks #drawing
  • Work in progress, Chicago rooftops, oil on linen panel. #oilpainting #chicago #architecture #painting
  • Dropping my cards in the giant gold box at the Merchandise Mart! #merchandisemart #postoffice #chicago #screenprinted #holidaycards
  • Complimentary hot cocoa, tea & coffee in the member lounge, filling up the last few pages in my sketchbook. #artinstituteofchicago #chicago #sketchbook #coffeetime
  • People watching, from an afternoon well spent at the Art Institute of Chicago. #artinstituteofchicago #ink #sketching #chicago #museum
  • Back to work #sketches #screenprinting #holidaycards
  • This is what is happening outside, the view from my desk. Dogs in Christmas sweaters fighting. #chicago #christmassweater #sketchbook #watercolor #dogs
  • Catching the last bit of sun to paint this envelope so it can be in tomorrow's post. #urbansketchers #post #holidaycards #chicago #skyline #pleinair #painting #watercolor
  • Winter morning at my desk
  • This vest was made for napping on the bus. People watching, southbound #Chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers #ink #winter #fashion
  • I wonder where she's going? Spotted on North Milwaukee Ave at the bus stop #chicago #style #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • North Milwaukee Ave bus people #chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • Thankfully my big, heavy box of sketchbooks made it from AU to the US! 3 months at sea... #Bondi to #Chicago #seamail #sketchbooks #aupost
  • Mariano's supermarket is a great place for people watching, there is even the occasional live piano player by the checkout #supermarket #chicago #sketchbook
  • A lady I saw at Mariano's #chicago #sketchbook #ink
  • Quick stop to do some sketching & people watching along Chicago Ave, a lot of winter coats and salty vans. #sketchbook #watercolor #uskchicago # #urbansketchers #coffee
  • I love how great the sunlight is on my desk, although it makes me daydream of warmer days in #Bondi #watercolor #illustration #swimmer #australia #tillandsia
  • I love this mug, Hallmark coffee mug from the 80s, starting the day painting breakfast. #hallmark #coffee #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Afternoon exercise, learning how to paint while wearing gloves, and a lot to learn from observing a grey day. #winter #pleinair #painting #chicago #oilpainting
  • With double layers of wool sweaters, leg warmers, wool socks and long underwear, it is pleasant outside this afternoon. #oilpainting #pleinair #chicago #november
  • Snowy Rooftops painted last night during the first snow of the season. #chicago #sketchbook #snow
  • The wind, clouds and colors keep changing this afternoon, even a bit of blue sky overhead. #november #sketchbook #chicago #watercolor #pleinairpainting
  • Coffee break and a warm up after a long walk. It smells like snow outside! #milwaukeeavenue #chicago #watercolor #sketchbook #urbansketchers #uskchicago #coffee
  • Another from last night's approaching storm, it was too dark to snap a photo. #ink #watercolor #chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers #november
  • Sketch from last night, the storm approaching. #chicago #sketchbook #ink #uskchicago #urbansketchers #wind
  • I really like all of the mismatched old brick homes around Chicago, so many different textures. #chicago #architecture #sketchbook #watercolor
  • November Clouds. There are some beautiful colors in the sky this afternoon. #chicago #watercolor #pleinair #painting #sketchbook
  • Sailboat in the Apostle Islands, just rediscovered this sketchbook in a box of paintbrushes. This was painted while on the water between Stockton Island & Bayfield. 2011 #sketchbook #pleinair #watercolor #apostleislands #sailing
  • Quick sketches because it is much cooler out than I expected, my hands are freezing! #sunset #chicago #ukrainianvillage #church #urbansketchers #pleinair #watercolor
  • Organizing my new studio space in Chicago and just opened this book from 3 years ago, a sketch from the beach at Monterosso al Mare in Liguria Italy. #monterossoalmare #italia #italy #cinqueterre #spiaggia #beach #sketchbook
  • A few Chicago faces from Michigan Avenue area, Saturday afternoon shoppers. #chicago #urbansketchers #uskchicago #micron #ink
  • Route 66, Chicago Ave Bus, a lot of winter coats out this morning. #urbansketchers #uskchicago #ink #sketchbook #chicago
  • Rooftop workers. It is great weather for November, all over Chicago people are busy working, fixing and preparing for winter. #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #uskchicago #urbansketchers #chicago
  • So many faces, Milwaukee Ave #chicago #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • Small dancer, having a fantastic solo dance party. Quick sketches #chicago #ink #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • More pen & ink Chicago people, Milwaukee Ave area. #chicago #urbansketchers #sketchbook
  • Bus passengers & a waitress, Chicago people. #urbansketchers #chicago #sketchbook
  • Adding color to the sketch I did last week during a performance of The Tempest at the Shakespeare Theatre. Love the set and lighting, they really added to the show! #chicago #theatre #urbansketchers #uskchicago #Shakespearetheatre #tempest
  • Good afternoon Chicago! The sky is very grey today but the temperature is perfect for working outside, #Chicago #skyline #uskchicago #urbansketchers #ink #sketchbook #pleinair
  • Beautiful Autumn weather in Chicago, exploring and walking in Lincoln Park. #chicago #uskchicago #urbansketchers #sketchbook #watercolor #lincolnpark #conservatory
  • Adding paint to some of the people I spotted & sketched on Washington Street today. #Chicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #sketchbook #artist #fashion #spottedonthestreet
  • Secondhand shoppers I spotted in the Ark Thrift Store on Milwaukee Ave, I think they were on a date? #explore #chicago #sketchbook #thriftstore #milwaukeeavenue #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #date
  • Great people watching from the pretty windows of Toni Patisserie & Cafe. The cherry galette was fantastic as was the cheerful service. #urbansketchers #chicago #sketchbook #ink #drawing #coffee #galette #tonipatisserie
  • Sketching at this lovely little chocolate shop in Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, @chocolatuzma #italian #espresso #chocolate #Chicago #urbansketchers #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #pilsen #specialtyshop #uzmasharif
  • Hello Chicago! Sitting at Eataly, people watching & sketching with this fantastic street view. #eataly #coffee #Chicago #urbansketchers #sketchbook #peoplewatching #drawing
  • Another quick watercolor from Green Island, saw an amazing sea turtle while snorkeling! #beach #snorkeling #seaturtle #island #greenisland #greatbarrierreef #australia #pleinair #painting #watercolor #cairns
  • Green Island AU, fantastic day snorkeling & painting! #greenisland #australia #greatbarrierreef #travel #snorkeling #swimming #watercolor #ink #painting
  • Another at Whitehaven, such an inspiring place! #watercolor #ink #sketch #sailboat #whitehaven #australia #nationalpark #camping #painting #sailing
  • A photo from Gnaraloo in the West, forgot about this one! An amazing spot for camping by the sea #oil #pleinair #painting #Australia #WA #camping #surfing #beach #indianocean
  • Relaxing in Cassowary territory, where the reef meets the rainforest #missionbeach #Australia #retreat #reef #rainforest #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #queensland
  • Beautiful colors at Whitehaven Beach, love watching the sails arriving & then enjoying the deserted beach at night #whitsunday #whitehaven #beach #watercolor #pleinair #Australia #camping #nationalpark #travel #sailing
  • Whitehaven Beach #pleinair #watercolor #painting #Australia #whitehaven #whitsunday #island #camping #scamper
  • Cape Hillsborough National Park, quick study in oil. #pleinair #painting #nationalpark #queensland #Australia #oil #roadtrip #camping
  • Sugarcane! A1 Hwy North Queensland #sketchbook #roadtrip #camping #watercolor #sugarcane #queensland
  • In the car north Queensland #sketchbook #watercolor #roadtrip
  • Coffee, painting & watching eels, turtles, birds at Upper Stoney Campsite, #watercolor #sketchbook #camping #coffee #Byfield #nationalpark #Australia #queensland #roadtrip
  • Norval beach #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #beach #Australia #camping #roadtrip #queensland
  • Quick early morning study in oil, Deep Water National Park, QLD #Australia #pleinair #painting #roadtrip #camping #queensland #oil #paint
  • Regram from @freeha_jas , Happy to be painting together in Mooloolaba AU! #mooloolaba #Australia #roadtrip #watercolor #sketchbook #urbansketchers #surf #beach
  • Brisbane people watching & quick sketches! With @thegypsycollective_ yeah! #brisbane #sketchbook #roadtrip #ink #urbansketchers #Australia
  • Sketching breakfast at the Hamelin Pool Caravan Park by the historic telegraph station. Really nice service at this little over night stop. #hamelinpool #telegraph #Australia #sharkbay #coffee #sketchbook #watercolor
  • Cormorants at Hamelin Pool #ink #sketchbook #westernaustralia #sunrise #hamelinpool #Australia
  • Sunrise at Hamelin Pool & stromatolites, the oldest and largest living fossils on earth. #stromatolites #hamelinpool #sharkbay #Australia #watercolor #sketchbook #westernaustralia #painting
  • Painting in the car on the dusty, bumpy road out of Three Mile Camp. #gnaraloo #westernaustralia #camping #hiking #surfing #sketchbook #watercolor #roadtrip
  • The dunes, hiking from Three Mile Camp #gnaraloo #threemilecamp #sketchbook #watercolor #Australia #camping #roadtrip
  • Sitting on a sand dune painting #gnaraloo #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Sand dunes and a lot of neat shells I found on the beach at Gnaraloo Bay. #pleinair #watercolor #painting #sketchbook #gnaraloo #westernaustralia #roadtrip #sea #shells
  • Gnaraloo Bay, absolutely beautiful out here. This little watercolor is off traveling with a really nice family we met along the way. Epic journey to get here but worth it! #westernaustralia #watercolor #ink #gnaraloo #hiking
  • Turquoise Bay Cape Range National Park, Ningaloo Marine Park #snorkling #painting #sketchbook #watercolor #hiking #Australia #roadtrip #ningalooreef
  • Working in Dale's Gorge by the circular pool #painting #gorge #Karinjini
  • Hiking with the watercolors, down in Dale's Gorge at Karinjini. A little rest next to the circular pool swimming hole. #Karinjini #nationalpark #watercolor #painting #pleinair #sketch #Australia
  • A quick study from the campsite at sunset. The reds of the dirt are incredible in Karinjini Park. #oil #pleinair #painting #Karinjini #nationalpark #Australia #camping #roadtrip #termitemound #art
  • Painting Termite mounds at #Karinjini #nationalpark #Australia #pleinair #oil #painting #camping #roadtrip
  • The amazing shapes of the termite mounds, #greatnorthernhighway #watercolor #sketchbook #Australia #painting
  • Termite mounds as painted & seen from the car window #greatnorthernhighway #westernaustralia #travel #roadtrip #sketchbook #watercolor #painting
  • Incredible trees, vibrant red soil & blue skies Great Northern Highway #roadtrip #watercolor #ink #sketchbook #painting #westernaustralia
  • Riding south of Broome, painting on the road, incredible red dirt! #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #roadtrip #westernaustralia
  • Cable Beach early morning light, #oil #pleinair #painting #broome #Australia #travel #westernaustralia #pochade
  • These dunes are amazing! What a challenge to paint the colors of Cable beach, just beautiful out today. #wa #pleinair #painting #oil #Australia #broome #art #cablebeach
  • Testing the new painting set up on this 22km beach in Western AU! #pleinair #oil #painting #broome #cablebeach #Australia #travel #wa
  • Experimental foamcore and duct tape travel painting box, only 3lbs when all my oil painting supplies are inside. I will be putting it to the test starting this week! Last few days in #Bondi . #painting #pleinair #oil #paint #Australia #travel #pochade
  • A closer shot of the painting! Beautiful day to be outside & I ate a pint of amazing blueberries from North wind Organic Farm, if you are in the area I recommend stopping to pick up some berries
  • Cornucopia Wisconsin painting by the beach this afternoon. Beautiful afternoon sun before before the rain. #pleinair #oil #painting #cornucopia #beach #lakesuperior #discoverwisconsin
  • Mailing postcards! #lakesuperior #madelineisland #watercolor #ink #sketches #art #postoffice
  • Making postcards, beautiful beach day, #madelineisland #wisconsin #lakesuperior #watercolor
  • Painting #sailboat #nationalpark #madelineisland #lakesuperior #bigbay #beach #wisconsin
  • Sketching Big Bay State Park, before the storm! #madelineisland #lakesuperior #sketchbook #watercolor #wisconsin
  • Making Greens #paint
  • Oil study at Big Bay on Madeline Island #lakesuperior #oil #painting #madelineisland #pleinair #painter #misa_wi
  • Beautiful weather today in central Wisconsin, no mosquitos! #pleinair #painting #wisconsin #oil #marsh #cattails #summer #vacation
  • Oil painting on location at Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island. A workshop with a fantastic painter & teacher Joe Paquet, hosted by the Madeline Island School for the Arts. #apostleislands #nationalpark #pleinair #painting #wisconsin
  • Off grid for a while studying & painting by Lake Superior! Dusting off my French easel #lakesuperior #wisconsin #painting
  • Good Night Bondi! Updating my website with more recently varnished paintings, (link in profile). Email for questions or if you just want to say hi, dana (at) danamjohnson.com #Bondibeach #painting
  • Sydney! The wind is cold today and is making it hard to hold in to my sketchbook, only quick sketches today. #urbansketchers #drawing #Sydney #harbor #bridge #sailboat #hiking #wind #sea
  • Watching waves, and surfers & a whale at Mackenzie beach #bondi to #bronte #coastal #walk #painting #watercolor #ink
  • Packing essentials #paint #sunhat #paintbrushes #sunscreen #bugspray #woolsweater #raincoat #swimsuit #pens #paper #sketchbook #pleinair #painting
  • Perfect weather today for varnishing this tall painting of Bondi #acrylic #canvas #painting #clouds #sea #beach #Bondibeach #Australia
  • Sailboat & Sunshine #Sydneyharbor #Sketchbook
  • Ice Bergs Bathers, an original watercolor & ink, 30 x 45cm on Fabriano paper Available for purchase on my website, $210
  • Sketchbook, little flower studies, #watercolor #gouache #sketchbook #Australia #flowers
  • Sydney Harbor, Shark Bay beach, afternoon sun #sail #boats #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Hiking around the coast, along the Harbor Foreshore trail, beautiful weather in Sydney today! #sketchbook #Sharkbay #beach #Sydney #Australia #coast #hiking
  • Finished painting of Bondi Beach, approximately 58cm x 78cm #watercolor #ink #archespaper #bondibeach #painting #sydney #australia #art
  • Afternoon sun & finishing touches... #watercolor #ink #fishing #painting #sea #north #bondibeach #Sydney #Australia
  • Afternoon sun, work in progress, so many colors and layers go into painting sand. #bondibeach #painting #acrylic #canvas #paintbrushes #autumn
  • Quick sketches and good coffee by the sea #speedoscafe #bondibeach #bondi #sketchbook #watercolor #ink #beach #painting
  • The wind picked up, difficult to get a good photo! Beautiful sunny autumn day painting at one of my favorite views. #painting #watercolor #ink #watsonsbay #Sydney #pleinair #landscape
  • Watercolor & ink protea #flower #watercolor #Sydney
  • Taking care of business... Doodled this while waiting on hold on the phone... I imagine this is what the lady I spoke with must look like #sketchworthy #ink #business
  • Thursday schedule... #agenda #sketchbook
  • Quick #sketches #Sydney
  • Nightly news reader, businessman sketch from the train #Townhall #Train #Station #Sydney #sketchbook
  • More rainy day train faces #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Blue Jeans, rainy bus rides, people watching #bondi #bus #sydney #sketchbook
  • Afternoon Sketching at Pasta Emilia #surryhills #Italian #pasta #coffee #sydney #sketchbook
  • Quick coffee, rainy day #sydney #sketchbook #coffee #yorktradingco
  • The rainy morning commute, #sydney #bus #sketch #umbrella #storm
  • Rainy windy blurry Sydney! What a storm, sand and umbrellas everywhere. #sketchbook #coffee
  • Lovely lady I spotted today in #Bangkok #urbansketchers #beautiful #hair #watercolor & #ink
  • Quick bite to eat & quick sketches, bar tenders and DJ at the #woobar #Bangkok #starwood #urbansketchers #coolhair #travel
  • Faces seen from and drawn in the taxi, Sketching & riding across #Bangkok #urbansketchers
  • The Emirates airline uniforms are quite stunning!sitting in the airport people watching. #sketchbook #travel #fashion #emirates #watercolor #ink #urbansketching
  • Sketching in the sunshine by the #andaman #sea #Thailand #sketchbook #watercolor
  • #sketchbook #kohlanta
  • The sea! #Thailand #sketchbook #watercolor
  • Sketching on the plane, heading North somewhere over #Australia #travel #flight #sketchbook #watercolor
  • Sunset at South Head, perfect painting weather. #watercolor #Sydney #harbor #portjackson #watsonsbay
  • Shady man on the train. #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Real estate agent in a fat tie. Just something I saw out the window of the bus today. #Bondi to #Darlinghurst #bus #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Slow day...Resting up, drinking tea, fighting off a cough & putting finishing touches on a watercolor of #Bronte, the last few details always take the longest. #Watercolor #ink #Sydney
  • Quick 5 minute coffee & sketch break. #urbansketchers #Sydney
  • Quick afternoon Lemon sketches #watercolor #sketchbook
  • Strong wind today! A bit of shelter at the north end of the beach. #salt #sand #waves #sea #Bondibeach #watercolor
  • Weather keeps changing... All ready to paint outside and it started to rain. Made a cup of coffee sat down to work and now the sun is out! #coffee #paint
  • A fantastic beautiful day! #bronte #beach #sketchbook #surf #sea #painting
  • If in Bondi this weekend be sure to check out @shopu_bondibeach 151 Glenayr Ave, 2 days left to see the Locals show, furniture, textiles & art! #bondibeach #watercolor #surfer
  • Quick sketches on the bus, commuters #bondi #beards #Sydney #city #urbansketchers
  • Goodnight Bondi! Almost finished with this small watercolor, started a few days ago, love those evening blues #bondibeach #watercolor #paint & #ink #fabriano paper
  • Peeking into the window after hours at #shopu #bondibeach the show is up for just a few more days! #design #art #Sydney
  • Quick Coffee break @palominocoffee #Sydney #sketchbook #ink
  • York Street, business man #sydney #sketchbook #urbansketchers
  • Such a beautiful beach day, the sea is changing colors as the rain clouds blow in #watercolor & #ink #sketching #Australia #coast
  • Here comes the rain! #munmorah #birdie #beach #Australia #sketchbook
  • Painting dunes at Birdie Beach Munmorah SCA #Australia #sketchbook #watercolor & #ink
  • The watercolor wall, @shopu_bondibeach #watercolor & #ink
  • Cozy lovely evening @shopu_bondibeach :) #bondibeach #art #design
  • On my way to opening night at @shopu_bondibeach! Several artists and designers on display until March 9th, #bondi #bondibeach #watercolor #ink #surfer
  • Finishing up a few things this morning, inking drawings & flipping through sketchbooks #sharkbay #sydney #beach #sketchbook
  • Quick sketches, people spotted at the beach #bondibeach #sketchbook #watercolor
  • Good Morning, Sunday #Swimmers inspired by some ladies I saw around #bondibeach & #icebergs
  • Happy Valentine's Day ! #Sydney #laurekeet #watercolor #ink
  • Painting flowers this afternoon because on my walk, I was gifted this beautiful bouquet from @shopu_bondibeach a lovely new #design shop on Glenayr Ave #Bondibeach #gift
  • The pigeon in the background decided to just lie down and watch me sketch. #Llankelly place #sydney #urbansketching
  • Great people watching and perfect weather for sketching outside #Llankelly Pl & a really good coffee #room10 #sydney #sketchbook
  • Varnishing this #painting of early morning at #BondiBeach started in winter. I love the beginning of the day when the beach wakes up. #sydney #art
  • People spotted on the street, on the bus & a lovely coffee at La Maison de L’éclair #bondi #patissier #sydney #sketchbook
  • Hiking Hazards Circuit, #Tasmania taking a break to enjoy the view & paint #watercolor & #ink #sketchbook
  • There is a lot of seaweed on #bondibeach today, spotted this little seaweed collector, #watercolor & #ink
  • Perfect Beach Day #bondibeach #Sydney #summer #sketchbook
  • Lazy afternoon painting at the #beach #Sydney #sketchbook #sailing #Australia
  • I love this hat, girl on the bus #sydney #sketchbook #bondibeach
  • Friday night teenager, a quick sketch on the train #KingsCross to #Bondi
  • Spotted on the street, from the bus window #sydney #sketchbook
  • Faces...everyone in their own little worlds, #bondi junction station #sydney #sketchbook
  • Quick #sketch , spotted from the train window on way back from a lively trip North for #twtcreativeprecinct #sydney
  • Saturday morning, spotted on the street in #Bondi waiting for the #bus , #sydney #sketchbook
  • End of the day painting & watching the waves #Bondi #Beach #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Monday Morning school kid, what do they carry in those backpacks! #Sydney #sketchbook #Bondi junction area
  • Up with the birds, pen & ink backyards of #Sydney, #sketchbook
  • Colorful sails this afternoon, watercolor & ink #sharkbay #Sydney #sketchbook
  • #sharkbay calm sea today #Sydney #sketchbook #sailing
  • Quick sketch from last night, after wandering #TheRocks #VillageBizarre which is happening Friday nights until December 19 in #Sydney
  • On the bus, Friday night people quick pen & ink #circularquay to #Bondi #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Eggs on toast, really quick sketch so it doesn't get cold! #mealforameal #Sydney #sketchbook #mullooncreek eggs
  • Quick watercolor at the end of the day, racing the sunset! #surfing #Bondi #Beach #sketchbook #painting
  • York Street people #Sydney #sketchbook good windows for people watching #bakerbrothers #coffee
  • I had a nice chat with the Oz Harvest volunteers at the Eveleigh market and they told me about #mealforameal here is a pic of my dinner, soup made with everything left in the fridge & amazing kale from Kurrawong Organics.
  • Sunday morning sleeping walking guy #Bondi #sketchbook
  • Interesting people everywhere on this beautiful day, spotted on the train heading East #sketchworthy #Sydney
  • People waiting for the train #Redfern to #Central , #Sydney #sketchbook
  • They are cleaning the pool at North Bondi, giant piles of sand and kids everywhere! Nice end to a beautiful day #Bondi #beach #painting
  • Sculpture by the sea is in full swing! I recommend walking early, getting crazy mid day, but fantastic people watching, #sketchbook #Tamarama to #Bondi #Sculpturebythesea
  • Walking and painting and a dip in the Rockpool #Bronte #Sydney #sketchbook
  • End of the day, people watching from the train at #townhall #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Tonight, people on the train, pen and ink #Sydney #sketchbook #kingscross station
  • People watching #bondibeach lady #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Beautiful day for a nice long walk from #Rosebay to #Sharkbay beach and then to #Watsonsbay, #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Quick sketch & coffee #Tamarama beach, #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Inking over the pencil lines, tonight finishing some paintings I started a while ago. #watercolor #ink #bondi #deco
  • She's watching me work at my desk. #watercolor #ink
  • Another quick sketch of the 2 girls in the sea, #bondi end of the day. #Sydney #sketchbook
  • End of the day quick sketch, 2 girls at the south end of #bondibeach , #sydney #sketchbook
  • #sailboats at shark bay, #sydney #sketchbook summer is arriving!
  • Boat watching at Shark bay #Sydney #sketchbook
  • #Sydney watercolor
  • Finishing with Brown ink over watercolor wash & pencil sketch, #Sydney #Grace #yorkst
  • #Sydney #sketchbook King Street, people watching & fantastic coffee at #mecca
  • What a fun coat & purse to draw! On the train Friday night #Sydney #sketchbook #fashion
  • Faces in the crowd near #townhall #sydney #sketchbook
  • People on the street #sydney #sketchbook
  • The 333 bus to #bondi ... Rainy night #sydney #sketchbook
  • People #sydney #sketchbook
  • Walking the Hewitt Marsh Trail, Watercolors #Wisconsin #sketchbook
  • Catching the last light #sketchbook #Cornucopia #WI #travel
  • Summer evening with Watercolors #sketchbook #Cornucopia #WI
  • #Sydney #sketchbook quick pen sketches on York Street
  • To much to do...I will draw instead #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Winter Coats, people on the bus to #Bondi #Sydney #sketchbook
  • York Street people and a nice window seat #Sydney #sketchbook
  • End of the day, fisherman sketch, North #Bondi #sketchbook
  • #surfer watercolor & ink #Bondi #sketch
  • Tourist CBD, #Sydney #sketchbook
  • #Sydney people, lunch break #sketchbook
  • June #sketchbook Saturday morning sketch from #Bondi #icebergs cafe
  • Surfers & the Sea #Bondi / #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Evening commute #Sydney #sketchbook
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  • First attempt at screen printing, Steve was a great teacher, neat studio with so many creative artists work around #arcadescreenprinting #Sydney
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  • Full sketchbook! Need to buy a new one tomorrow here is a sketch from #BondiBeach #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Morning Train #Sydney #sketchbook
  • Garie Beach sunset, quick sketch with color pencils #royalnationalpark #Australia
  • North #Bondi rock fishing #sketchbook
  • Campcove #Sydney #sketchbook
  • #BondiBeach #sketchbook North Bondi
  • #Sydney #sketchbook
  • #Sydney #sketchbook people on the train
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  • #BondiBeach twin teens, a sketch from a few weeks ago
  • Studio view, green space
  • Work in progress
  • CSA paintings wrapped & delivered
  • Varnished CSArt Shares
  • Sometimes a messy desk is a good thing
  • Sketchbook: South Shore Brewery
  • Little truck (sketchbook)