Jennifer Lawson

I am back from attending the Urban Sketching Symposium in Lisbon Portugal. What an amazing experience! I arrived early and spent three days ...

Months ago, deep in the heart of the dark cold winter here in Maine, Lisbon Portugal seemed like a wonderfully warm destination. The Urban S...

Blogging has taken a backseat to working. I still manage to sketch but not as much and I am way out of pratice. I never find time to scan an...

I travel every week from Portland Maine to Potomac MD for a great consulting job. That means Portland to Baltimore. Not a bad commute—one pl...

EDM # 123 a bell — The bell on Monhegan Island. EDM # 131 a spray bottle & EDM #126 a sponge EDM #125 a bird. I live amongst the seagul...

So busy with work that I haven't had time to keep up with the challenges. A cold foggy Sunday gave me a chance to catch up...sort of... ...

I love avocados and in California they grow in abundance. Growing up they were always a part of meals—salads, sandwiches and guacamole. Our ...

Quick sketch of small bowl of stawberries for EDM #111. It had forgotten how hard it is to keep up with the Every Day in May challenge. Only...

I love rocks! The beaches here in Maine are filled with amazing rocks and I usually end up with bulging pockets after a long walk. The cliff...

Busy day tomorrow with travel to my consulting job in Maryland, so I had to get a day ahead. Keeping up with this challenge can be a little ...

Day 7—Simple and easy way to get all my news. I seem to go here for everything. Sketching on the plane this wayward 5th generation Californi...

Day 6 of the Every Day in May challenge—something tart or sour. Lots of lemon and lime trees in my parents garden here in Northern Californi...

Day 5 of the challenge—Scissors. I have way more than I need—hoarding? Most of these brightly colored handle scissors are in drawers, in the...

Day 4 of the Every Day in May challenge. Hand crafted salt and pepper grinders filled with sea salt and fresh pepper grounds. "I'm ...

Day 3 of the Every Day in May challenge. 2011 unfolded far from what I had planed and I could not imagine the rocky path I had suddenly stum...

Day 2 of the Every Day in May challenge. A power plug from Ikea made this a much more fun thing to draw and paint.

After a long time of working through the sad days that crippled my creativity, I decided to take action to get back into doing what I used t...

The Blues : I like when things are settled and dependable, but life isn’t like that and there are times when we outgrow something, it outgro...

...that keep me from sketching. I am so out of practice that my drawings are a mess. I walk by my sketchbook and paints everyday. Not sure w...

One day I decide to take the Balinese mesh canopy off the bed. It exposed the skylight in the ceiling letting more light into the room. Howe...