Jennifer Lawson

Maine Lobster Whenever I find some free time I try to do exercises from one of these great books  One Watercolor A Day  or One Drawing...

It as though winter will never end. Snow is still piled high and covering the ground creating a bleak landscape. It is hard to imagine in...

After months and months of ignoring my tired old blog, I decided to come back for a visit. I have been busy with the show, illustration and...

I sketched (except for the text) this fall bouquet with dry twigs, Chinese ink and watercolor. After reading Ch'ng Kiah Kiean's...

After 5+ months of producing oil paintings for the show, I haven't had much energy to pick up a brush...or even a pen. Finally I was ab...

40+ paintings finished and the show is hanging!!!  (At Clayton's in Yarmouth, Maine) In January of 2013 I had to teach myself to oil pa...

Wednesday September 18th moonrise over Willard Beach on the Casco Bay.                                      Thursday Septem...

After dinner quick sketch of the flowers on the table in my new Strathmore 18 x 24 inch sketchbook—on sale for $5. I decided to use supp...

I needed a break from painting so a felt pen and colored pencils seemed like a easy sketch solution. A quick sketch of the ship channel at ...

May through September in Maine, dogs are not allowed on the beaches except at wonderful Willard Beach where the dogs run free 7-9 am and 7-...

Enjoying wonderful summer days at the beach and the gallery.  Gallery Brushes 12 x 16 Oil on canvas July Moonrise over Wil...

Enjoying summer at Willard Beach, Maine. "Fetch—good dog" 10 x 8 Oil on canvas "Early Morning Run" ...

Checking the Waves 10 x 10 Oil on Canvas

12 x12 Oil on canvas

12 x 12 Oil on canvas

A very slow Sunday afternoon at the gallery. No energy to do much other than a few quick oil studies while I ponder what to paint next... ...

A commercial job made it impossible to complete Everyday in May 2013. This month-long daily drawing challenge comes around every year in Ma...

#3 Something of joy—The gallery where I work and paint # 4 Socks—The fleece socks I wore everynight on Mt Kilimamjaro #...

Living on the waterfront in Portland Maine, the sounds of the gulls awaken me in the morning as they swoop around the buildings and chase...

It has been such a long since I have done any watercolor sketches so the Every Day in May challenge seemed like the perfect opportunity to...