I spent some time in Kingston and Woodstock, New York in late April and did some drawing. It was a beautiful few days, with lovely weather and fresh air as we hiked and visited the grounds of the Vanderbilt Mansion.
Drew this while hanging out on the porch of a friend in Rhinebeck.
Drew the Ashokan reservoir that feeds New York City.
Drew the storefront across the street as we waited for tacos in Kingston.
The Vanderbilt Gardens were bare of flowers...and of people. This building stood out to me as it's a residence that overlooks the gardens.
I have a new profile up on HobokenArts.com, a website dedicated to artists in the Hoboken and Jersey City area. There are a number of prints available, including my shape drawings and skylines. Check it out. 
I've made a collection of my watercolor paintings of trucks available as art prints. There are two prints available and each contains five trucks each. I think they look great as a diptych either side-to-side or stacked. Society 6 prints are "gallery quality Giclée prints on natural white, matte, ultra smooth 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper with Epson K3 archival ink". Be sure to select the "small" size, which uses 16"x13" paper with a 14"x11" print area. You can order them with and without frames.
Chris Oatley has a wonderful blog post about how to create realistic texture in digital painting by examining the techniques of the 19th century Hudson River School of painters. It's really important to open our eyes to history and see how past artists have tackled issues in visual image making and Chris has done a great job analyzing this particular period of realistic artists. 
Working as an artist can be a lonely existence. It's difficult to gauge if things are really working when you're isolated from your audience. The same can be true when teaching young children; it's hard to tell if your lessons are being comprehended when your students have a limited capacity for expression. But occasionally something happens to make you realize that things really are sinking in and that you've made a difference in someone's understanding of the world.
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