My Color Obsession: GREEN
What's yours?
Cathy Raingarden's Sketchbook
I share drawings from my sketchbook once a month, muse about the drawing process, and encourage you to jump into your drawing journey.
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TRAVEL SKETCHBOOK: EL SALVADOR
Land of pupusas, mangoes, and volcanoes
Update: My Travel Art Kit for Urban Sketching
I'm headed to El Salvador
Protest Sketches:
Voices from the Streets
LET'S DRAW TREES TOGETHER!
10 TREES 10 DAYS, for ARBOR APRIL 2026 (April 16-25)
DRAWING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC PLACES:
Some sketching tips and what to do if you get ‘caught’...
Do You Have a Fear of the Blank Page?
…try starting with a messy page
Leaf Meditations
Getting lost in color and pattern and finding calm
PAINTING A FOLKTALE
Curl up on the couch and read my latest tale...
Staring at the World
How deep observation changed me as an artist
Women with Pencils:
Colored pencil sketching through Washington DC
What I Drew in my California Summer
'Naked Pink Ladies' were a fave...
The 3 Materials Drawing Challenge
What happens when you limit your art materials...
Beach Sketching as Meditation
With sand between my toes and a crayon in my hand
I’m Drawing my ‘Day Job’
What happens when you bring your art materials to work...
How to Sketch a Protest
Join me on the street!
Let's Draw Trees for ARBOR APRIL 2025
with Cathy Raingarden, Kate Rutter, and the Wild Wonder Foundation
Sketching People
Add life to your sketches with people
Inky Black Words and Purple Magnolias
Drawing through post election trauma
My Sketchbook Obsession
A brain dump about my sketchbook experiences