From my sketchbook...

I find sketching so relaxing... Several years ago I took a two-day sketchbook workshop. One of the best 'rules' that I learned was that there is NEVER anything wrong with whatever you draw in your sketchbook. It's so OK to make 'mistakes'... actually, they are not really mistakes, Each one has taught me something.  Yeah, some of them are embarrassingly awful! But, I never rip/cut anything out of the book.

I have filled several books over the past few years. It has been fun to look back at some of the places and things I have sketched.

So, here are a few more of the sketches from this winter.

Occasionally, a friend and I sketch/paint together. Her terrace is filled with plants. One corner had several different pots. I liked the idea. This sketch is a composite of several plants that were in different places. I put them all together. My own little arrangement.

There were other plants sitting around. I did them individually.

We went out for dinner on Valentine's Day. All the women at the restaurant were given a rose. Our rental unit did not have a bud vase, so I improvised with a lovely green bottle. (It may look suspiciously like a discarded Heineken bottle...)

At the end of our trip we had a bit of a surprise. We were on our way to the airport when I received a text that our flight was cancelled! I guess there are worse things than having to stay two extra days on a lovely island rather than return to winter in Maryland!

We found a small inn near the airport. It had lots of little comfy nooks filled with plants and a lovely rooftop view of the ocean. I didn't get out my paints there...just sketched away...

Interestingly, I had a conversation with another artist today. We both commented that sketching is so freeing...  gotta do more of it!