Tools

What do you carry for inspiration to keep you going?

Video demo for creating simple, layered landscapes.

I’ve teamed up with my talented friends to offer a giveaway.

A demonstration featuring my favorite techniques and a time-lapse video.

Announcing a special collaboration with artist Samantha Dion Baker.

Same compact size, this new color goes with everything!

Tips and resources for exploring the world through art.

Tour my new desks, lights, and hanging systems.

Learn about the new set of watercolors available in my shop!

Learn about the latest updates to the Pocket Palette!

A creative solution for carrying more colors in a single palette.

Sketching trees and experimenting with a new tool.

Sketching at a pumpkin farm and exploring a new travel brush.

I’ve prepped my palettes with fresh colors for an adventure to Vancouver Island.

A look at my favorite waterproof pens and some recent sketches.

There’s a fantastic sketchbook project on Kickstarter!

Sketches from my San Juan island adventure vacation.

Here’s my technique for tearing watercolor paper.

I’ve had fun testing pencils this week for the soon-to-be-released, upgraded Art Toolkit 2.0!

My Art Toolkit is now available in my shop! Learn all about the kit and how I developed it.

Sketched ideas for my ideal watercolor palette.

Sketches, video, photos, and details from my hike to the Hidden Lake Peaks in the North Cascades.

Interview with my father as I experiment with my new sound recorder.

Sketches and introduction to my new field tripod.

Details on my new sketching kit, featuring a rite-in-the rain binder, cover, and my pocket watercolor palette.

So I have a new toolbox to organize my art hanging supplies. Well, it was actually a birthday present (Jan 28th!) from my sweetie, but then it was rusted on the outside with rusty nails on the inside. Darin found the old, dented Kennedy box at Hardwick’s hardware store in Seattle and thought it showed

My art kit is modified every time I head into the field. I thought I’d share some of the variations I’ve used and experimented with. This kit was the one I used around the world. It’s a durable tacklebox that my mother bought me at Fred Meyer, and carries my paint brushes, watercolor palette, water

I love human propelled activities and with gas prices high and beautiful weather, I’ve been using my bike trailer more often. I call it the “caboose” and it’s a Burley Flatbed tailer that allows me to haul loads behind my bike of up to 100 lbs. It’s balanced, handles well, and only adds a little

I made it safely to Ushuaia, the Southern tip of Argentina, arriving Jan 30th. Impressively, my baggage made it as well, checked all the way through from Seattle. I’ve spent the past couple days recovering from the 36 hours of travel it took to get down here and preparing my art supplies, workshops, and presentations