The practice

After more than 25 years with the studio arts program of The Smithsonian Associates in Washington, DC, making quilts and presenting classes in technique and design for quiltmakers, I set up my new studio in Colorado with paper and pencils and time to draw.

I was introduced to colored pencils while studying botanical illustration at Brookside Gardens School of Botanical Art & Illustration in Wheaton, Maryland. I love the tools, the aroma of pencil shavings, puzzling through an idea, clarifying the imagery, and making the art. One can’t have too many pencils.