Category Archives: Telling a Story

Under a Half Moon in Maine

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

We pretty much have had cold stormy skies since leaving California ten days ago. Tonight, though, we have a clear sky and a gorgeous half moon that lights the top of the camper and trees.  It is still a very … Continue reading →

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Along Interstate 90 in Ohio

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  We made our way from Chicago to western New York before stopping for the night. This is one of several pen and watercolor sketches I did along the way. I composed  it as we went along from the changing … Continue reading →

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Two Listeners 

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

This morning before leaving Chicago we stopped for a working breakfast with a lifelong friend. First we ate and caught up on our news and then I sketched while they worked a bit. I was looking forward to this sketch … Continue reading →

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Father and Son Night Feeding

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

We are visiting relatives in Chicago and I had the lucky opportunity to sketch the newest member of my husband’s family while his father fed him. After several sketches that did not come close to capturing the bond between the … Continue reading →

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Sharing a Laugh with Old Friends

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

We stopped in Saint Louis to visit with friends from our college days and it was wonderful to connect again.  It seems like not seeing people for 30 years ought to have created a huge void but this was not … Continue reading →

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Along Nebraska State Highway 2

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

The landscape along the Nebraska highways has a storybook quality. Attempting to capture the feeling of its open spaces with its somewhat rolling hills and textured fields is a great way to spend a day driving across this large state. … Continue reading →

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Action Sketching along I- 80 in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Although learning to accurately sketch is a long standing goal, composing pictures from what I see is an important goal too. Action sketching requires a kind of imaginative planning that I find difficult. Drawing real people who move about in … Continue reading →

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