Picture Book Process
Is It Color or Value?
In this video, I look at how value affects clarity, depth, focal point, and composition and how it can help us understand what may actually need adjusting.
Sketchbooks
Sketchbook Tour #1
Take a look inside my sketchbook in the first video of this new tour series. I’m sharing drawings, ideas, studies, and a few behind-the-scenes details about my sketchbook process. This video is available to The Studio Table members.
Sketchbooks
5 Color Exercises for When You Don’t Know What to Draw in Your Sketchbook
Feeling stuck in your sketchbook? In this video, I share five simple color exercises to help you get started without the pressure of making something finished. Available to The Studio Table members.
Sketchbooks
If You’ve Ever Abandoned a Sketchbook Halfway Through, This Is for You
A reflection on unfinished sketchbooks, strange guilt, and the tenderness of returning to abandoned pages. Sign up to read more from The Studio Table.
Field Notes
Plein Air Sketching at a Dairy Farm
I spent time Plein air sketching at a dairy farm. It's the first one this year and more to come! Sign up for more at the spread table.
process
The Blue Period: Notes on a Winter Sketchbook
In this sketchbook video, I’m sharing pages from my winter sketchbook and talking through color as emotion, creative block, and the way the season shaped the work.
Long Essay
New Year, New Sketchbook Routine
A new year, a new sketchbook routine. I’m sharing how I’m approaching daily drawing this year, what I’m focusing on, and what I’m learning along the way.
Sketchbooks
My Autumn Sketching Kit + Sketchbook Process
Changing my palette to Fall (Video) Subscribe to read and watch at The Spread Table to receive new essays, insights and PB notes.
Picture Book
Silent Storytelling: How Silence Lives on the Picture Book Page
A long-form essay on silence, space, and storytelling in picture books — from the PB studio and the field. Subscribe to read more at The Spread Table to receive new essays and PB notes.
Sketchbooks
September Sketchbook: Evening Page & The Flock
Hi all, I’m writing this from the garden. I’ve been finding a rhythm here - three posts a month and it’s been amazing to notice ... Subscribe to read more at The Spread Table tier to receive new essays and PB notes.