Last month I taught a one-day watercolor workshop at Swain’s Art Store in Glendale. Swain’s is a fantastic store, carrying every major brand of watercolor paint, brushes, paper, and sketchbooks. If they don’t have it, they can probably get it for you. They set aside part of the store as a workshop space. It is well set up with tables, display walls and good lighting. Christian was our host, and was able to keep us supplied with any additional materials we needed throughout th

We took a long weekend in Colorado last month, flying into Denver, and driving into Estes Park and over Trail Ridge Road in the Rocky Mountain National Park. I had my 6” x 9” Aquabee Super Deluxe sketchbook at hand, and did a number of quick pen sketches at the lookout points along the way. The distant mountains were purple, and the meadows golden yellow. The sky was cloudy with a storm on the way. There were still patches of snow above timberline. I have included a few local