Sketchbooks

 

I am a sketchbook addict! I love sketching my neighborhood, town, yard, and house, flowers and trees, random objects--a little bit of everything!

 

Take a look inside my sketchbooks to see what I've been working on!

 

You can also check out my work on Instagram, @dianepaintsflowers.

Sharing my work at an event with Urban Sketchers of Rhode Island
Sharing my work at an event with Urban Sketchers of Rhode Island

Urban Sketches from London, June-July 2024

Sketchbook Tour - UK Trip 2023

Sketchbook Tour - New England 2023

Sketchbook Tour - Fall 2023

Sketching my Studio

My Christmas gift to myself in 2022 was several uninterrupted studio hours in which I documented my tiny home office studio.

Plein Air and Urban Sketching 2022-2023

I sketch on location as much as possible. I love participating in Urban Sketching meet-ups in Boston and Rhode Island, and I'm not shy about solo sketching on location around Central Massachusetts! I carry my sketching kit everywhere I go. 

Painting in Institute Park, Worcester, MA, on a glorious October day.
Painting in Institute Park, Worcester, MA, on a glorious October day.

Around the House

When I can't get out of the house, I find things around the house to sketch!

Florals

There's a reason my instagram name is @dianepaintsflowers. When I first started painting, flowers were just about the only thing I painted! I still love painting them. I never get tired of their shapes and colors. 

From Photographs

Every now and then, it just doesn't work out to paint from life, so I do occasionally turn to my phone for inspiration from my photo albums.