Sketchbook

Watercolor painting of a marina scene with sailboats, palm trees, and a building. The sky is colorful, blending blues and pinks. The scene is labeled 'Alicante, Spain 2023.'

Alicante, Spain 2025

This was a sketch I did sitting at one of the cafe’s lining the marina in Alicante. It was really fun to play with the color of the water and the sky.

Watercolor painting of a seaside scene with a palm tree, lighthouse, and boats. The lighthouse has blue and white stripes, and the ocean is visible in the background.

Cascais, Portugal 2025

While sitting in the sun on a terrace, I did this watercolor sketch of the lighthouse at the marina in Cascais. The lighthouse was covered in scaffolding and construction, but with the magic of drawing, I made it disappear. Ta Da!

This sketch made with a black and white pen and ink of an elephant sanctuary shows palm trees and mountains in the distance and a close up of the elephant eye. Maruay the elephant was gentle and loved bananas.

Maruay from the Elephant Sanctuary, Thailand, 2024

A man standing in a Vineyard in the Duoro Valley in Portugal. It is fall and the olive trees have no leaves, and the vines are not yet up. The stumps that ran along the rows were fun to draw. The sketch showed the cold and wintery weather of the day

It was amazing drawing this animal while up close. My favorite part was feeding the elephants a whole bucket of bananas. Now why didn’t I draw that bucket of bananas? That would’ve been fun, too!

Dan in the Duoro Valley, Portugal, January, 2025

We were staying at a farm in the Duoro valley, in Portugal. It was freezing and there wasn’t a speck of green, but the olive trees that dotted the vineyards were doing crazy things with their branches so I still enjoyed drawing them.

Spring in Amsterdam, Williamspark weg, 2025

Okay, I know the dutch trams feature in a lot of my artwork, but to be fair, they are everywhere. The public transportation in Amsterdam is excellent. Who needs a car when you have a bike and good public transport? (that lets you bring not only your bike on board, but your dog, too!)