This is a recent painting I did from life, it’s 16″x20″ oil on canvas. My church has asked if they can use one of my paintings for the cover of a small brochure they’ll print for the Alternative Giving Market in December. I am thrilled to be asked and I told them I would paint

Our time in Prague was over so we took a cab to the train station. We got there a few minutes early plus there was an announcement that our train was running 10 minutes late, so out came the sketch book! I loved every minute of the 4 1/2 hour train ride to Berlin. The

Our hotel was on the grounds of the Brevnov Monastary, this is a sketch of the church, behind it are quarters for the monks and a building to the right has been made into a hotel. There is also a small restaurant in one of the buildings, and a large barn on the property. As

We continued our travels and took a train 2 1/2 hours from Dresden to Prague. The scenery was beautiful, the tracks followed a river all the way to Prague. We arrived in the train station, got some Czech money, and found the tram that would take us to our hotel. After settling into our hotel,

This sketch is one of my favorites from this trip. Still in Dresden, my family and I stopped for a snack on a bench and after we had finished our snack, I turned 90 degrees and saw this spectacular view. It’s a beautiful cathedral decorated with many statues and in the middle of that walkway

On to Dresden, what a beautiful and elegant city. My favorite thing we did while in Dresden was go to the viewing balcony on top of a domed church and view the city 360 degrees. The city is full of gold and turquoise church domes topped with shiny gold crosses or gold dipped statues. The

After a break from blogging this summer, I’m back with some sketches. We just returned from our family vacation to Europe. Somehow I got the idea to bring along a sketch book, pencil and pen with me. We started our vacation in Berlin, Germany. We visited a wonderful art museum (of course!) which is always

I bought a dozen yellow roses to paint but they weren’t opened up enough for what I had in mind so I grabbed these two from the bunch to paint. I like the way the little leaves under the rose on the left look like they’re dancing. This was fun and no pressure, unlike the