Archive - Artist's Cheat Sheet

Miss Piggy ‘Vintage’ Comic

Creating a vintage comic panel using modern drawing tools.

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Art and Adventure With Benji

One month with my Swiss friend Benji, adventuring up and down the East Coast

Jul 30 •

Gatorland, Florida

A fun day sketching and shooting photos at Gatorland with good friends

Jul 20 •

Mary Blair Copy: The Little House

Class notes, photos, and learning by copying Mary Blair.

Jul 15 •

Magic, Color, Flair: the World of Mary Blair

A look at John Canemaker’s book about the pioneering designer, illustrator, and art director.

Jul 9 •

Purple Coneflower Sketch

Sketching a native wildflower in colored pencil, black ink, and white acrylic on tan sketch paper

Jul 3 •

Sketching a Stone Smokehouse

Using mixed media on tan paper to create an old-timey feel

Jul 1 •

June 2025

Correction, Boone, View Paintings

The free Artist’s Resource List is no longer paywalled, online plein air show, sketch today

Jun 28 •

Guptill’s Drawing With Pen and Ink

Book review and flip-through of the classic text on YouTube

Jun 26 •

How Plein Air Painters Paint

Painting festival artists share their unique strategies for painting outdoors

Jun 25 •

Third Place Winner!

Juror Ron Donoughe awards third place to my sketch of a chaotic woodpile

Jun 21 •

Plein Air Quick Update!

This year, an unusual approach to plein air painting and inclement weather converge to create new and surprising outcomes.

Jun 18 •

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