When painting evergreens, it helps to have a few premixed shades of green, especially for sketching on the go...

Alaskan artist Jill Richie creates connections between humans and the environment with her plein air studies. Learn about her family quarantine art project, the importance of learning from your environment, and the virtues of not being too fussy with supplies or results.

So much of watercolor involves attention to shapes! I like to work from large to small shapes and often start painting the negative spaces between and around objects.

Mike and I sketch breakfast and talk about his book, Sketch Now, Think Later.

Barbara and I played with color and form and talked about how freeing it can be to create.

Max Romey is an artist, videographer, and trail runner who is sketching his way through Alaska.

Join me and Jane Blundell as we talk about our latest collaboration, the Ultimate Sketching Palette.

Join me and Liz Steel as we sketch the Villa di Maser building in Italy, using some of the techniques she has developed for her book, 5 Minute Architecture.

Sometimes you need just a little extra space to make precisely the shade you need.

See my workspace, favorite tools, and sketches from various expeditions.

White gouache can be a fantastic tool for adding final highlights to sketches. It can make cat whiskers, snow, or sailboats pop right off the page, and I especially love working with it on toned paper.

Join me as I sketch birds with nature journaling aficionado John (Jack) Muir Laws.

My friend Che Lopez and I explore the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen.

We have summer reading on our minds! We'll be sharing inspiration from our bookshelf over the next few months and would love your recommendations.

Lara Call Gastinger is the chief illustrator for the published Flora of Virginia

Russ (@pathlesspedaled) creates vibrant, loose watercolors that capture a sense of the freedom felt riding a bike.

Chelsea shares ideas and techniques for painting sunflowers, as well as her approach to lettering.

This is a recording of an Instagram Live Demo with artist Che Lopez.

This is a recording of an Instagram Live Demo with artist Suhita Shirodkar.

Symi Jackson of Rosemary & Co. Brushes chats with me about Rosemary’s line of travel brushes.

Paul Wang talks with me about flexing your creative muscles.

A live dmeo with Jess Greenleaf, founder of Greenleaf & Blueberry.

Artist and friend Jane Blundell talks with me about exploring triads in watercolor.

Explore creating tiny paintings with Seattle-based artist Katharina Stoll.

Join Maria live online as she shares techniques for painting minimal atmospheric landscapes in watercolor.

A live demo on Instagram with artist Samantha Dion Baker.

Join Maria as she paints with other artists, every Friday for a new live demo series.

It’s been nearly a year since we ditched plastic in our packaging to move to more eco-conscious materials, and we haven’t looked back.

Adventures to the far corners of the earth can be exciting and romantic, but aren’t necessarily something you can fit into a typical weekend, much less an afternoon! There are lots of ways to find smaller adventures if you’re willing to look for them.

A new limited-edition series of color collections: Palettes of Place.

How many possible combinations of pans in a Pocket Palette?

Chelsea Ward (aka @sketchynotions) is an artist and plant-lover who creates colorful and whimsical sketches and stationery.

Ten years on, a look at the evolution of the Pocket Palette.