Sketching Tutorial - Peacock feathers in pencil and watercolor

April 22, 2020 Kristin Link

Me holding a peacock feather sketch with watercolor

I started a YouTube channel this spring to share sketching lessons, prompts, and ideas with you. The first one, sketching peacock feathers, is a great introduction to sketching from life and using watercolor. I’ve taught this a few times, but I think it works well for a middle school audience and up. Anyone is welcome to watch and participate.

Travel Sketchbook Tips – Number Two: What to Bring

February 4, 2018 Kristin Link

I’m leaving in a few days to travel to Vietnam and Cambodia (want to come with and share the experience? learn more here). Note that since I live in remote Alaska, it is going to take me a few days to get there. Before I leave, I wanted to write a post about what I’m bringing with me.

First of all, there is nothing wrong with keeping your sketch kit simple and affordable. A notebook with unlined paper and pen or pencil will suffice! Really lined paper would be fine too. However as a professional artist I have lots of art supplies, and I wanted to share a few of my favorites for taking on the go.

A pond in the woods

October 24, 2014 Kristin Link

I just got back from a trip to the north eastern United States to visit family. We decided to go in October so that we could get home to Alaska before winter set in too hard and so that we could catch some of the nice fall weather there. One of the places we went was my grandparents' cabin on a pond near Rangeley, Maine. This has always been a very special place to me.