Jennifer Lawson

"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind" (Seneca) I will be leaving for Bali in January and not returning to the ...

It was the kind of day to stay home in front of the fire. Of course, I had to find some things to draw, but first I headed into the kitchen ...

It's getting cold here in Portland so the farmer market is waining. Really all that is left are the cold weather root vegetables. After ...

New shoes "TOMS": Living in Maine it is inevitable that I finally have to put away my flip-flops. So now that old man winter has b...

"The Great Gatsby" Jerry's son, Alex, has a sweet rescue boxer named Gatsby. He is way more trained than Sophie when it comes ...

Line 'em up, Line 'em all up. 3 of 15 scarecrows at a farmhouse in Cape Elizabeth. Brush pen and colored pencils. Sketching at the f...

Portrait class—Halloween self portrait Self portrait 22X30 Rives print paper Our assignment this week was to come in costume with a mirror t...

Over the next five years we will be spending more time in Bali than here in Maine while Jerry implements his sustainable seafood project for...

Mixed media exercise today—model is sketch loosely with odorlees turp and burnt sienna oil paint. This is a very light wash establishing sha...

We have a wonderful farmer's market every Wednesday in downtown Portland, Maine. It is getting cold here at night, so these days it is m...

I continue to take part in Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Actually it can be somewhat addictive. I usually just post them on my ...

Sophie and I are home alone until December so we spend a lot of time together. I did this self-portrait for Friday's homework assignment...

I am taking a portrait class on Friday mornings at the Maine College of Art (MECA) in Portland Maine. Using materials I have never used like...

Sophie and I take quite a few walks around our little in-town neighborhood. Most of the time it is because she has to go out. Sometimes when...

Doorways on our walks around the Old Port I sometimes think I depend too much on ink or pencil in my drawings, so I experimented with just u...

Sketching doesn't comes so easily these days. I find I throw more away than I keep, let alone post. So I find I am in a state of ran•dom...

We are spending more and more time in Bali because of a sustainable seafood project. Looks like it will be going on for the next five years....

The Presidential Range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire One of my favorite places to hike and on this beautiful day we hiked the Gle...