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May poll

  • coastal - what place? boat, ocean, etc 86
  • landscape- where? 39
  • abstract- what? landscape, floral? 41
  • techniques - what specific issue would you like help with 15
  • urban sketching- what specific area? 50
  • 2025-05-14
  • 231 votes
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Melissa Rozansky

I would like help with composition in florals and perspective of florals like how to draw the flower from different angles

Amy

I'd like a portrait of a women painting in a garden or by the sea.

Ellen

I’d love a sort of ocean marina scene.

Linda Patterson

City cafes, sidewalk flower markets/cafes

daisydot65

Abstract florals...I can't seem to make them look like anything, just a mess.

Robin B

Rainbow over a beach would be fun

lise lemieux

Abstract-floral or landscape

Norma Foy

I’d like Monterey Bay area

Patti

Coastal northeast New England

Hilary Smith

Africa! I travel there a lot and have hundreds of landscape and wildlife photos you’re welcome to

Lise Finley

Dog walking in the city or park; cars, bicycles on streets

Karen Simpkins

I would like urban sketches from NYC, streets lined with Brownstone apts.

Lisa Carnevale

anything in Nantucket! Cobblestone streets, quaint shops and restaurants, farms, beaches etc!

Diane Hopkins

Mountain cabin in the pines with water running through

Judy Nietsche

Cape Cod National Seashore Head of the Meadow Beach where the seals congregate

Vicki L

anything abstract

Janice Munson

A rowboat on the shore or by a pier

Joe Coley

I love doors. Also some FL scenes.

Laurie REBERT

Rolling hills with cornfields …..spring farm meadows with fresh plantings…..urban buildings too….street scenes are hard for me too.

Cathy

Wooded path with sunlight slanting through the trees.

Dawn Harris

I’m in NC - would love to sketch Hatteras, Lookout or Bodie Island lighthouses. Or a sunset over the salt marsh in the Hilton Head area of SC. I could furnish pics of any of them!

Audrey Dodgen

Anything London or the English countryside

CYNTHIA HAND

How to make time for painting all of your lovely tutorials . Uggg

Mary Boyd

Urban sketches large Busy City Taxis buses cars people crossing. Philly, Washington D C, New York

Patti W

Coastal - because it's summer and I'd love to paint some fishing/lobster boats or anything nautical!! Thanks

Susan Bickley

Landscape...sagebrush..high desert..dramatic sky..it's or plateaus in background

Virginia Martinez

Urban sketching- streets in Rome, Spain, England, Portugal, Greece. Popular sites- Vatican, coliseum, streets Florence, Pisa, Venice, Streets Barcelona, Stone Henge, London streets, Buckingham Palace, just to name a few!

Mary Vaeni

Recognizable urban places like Eiffel tower, Big Ben, Brooklyn bridge, San Francisco's winding road or Golden Gate Bridge, New Orleans, etc.

Gail Winterfeld

Urban sketching quaint European village streets

Vivian

Country landscape with old dilapidated fence and barn

Madelyn Minehat

Urban Settings - cities with tall buildings

Mary H, TN

Technique--Help with pigment : water ratio

Jo

Joanne M. Abstract landscape

Rhonda

I would love more abstract florals! Thanks for all you do!

Vicki

Technique….Perspective. I’d like to do a cityscape. High rises, etc, but not picture perfect. Sort of wonky, if that makes sense.

Jo

Joanne M. Abstract landscape

Donna Stevens

There’s lots of great ideas here so I’ll not add to the list.

Jeff Nicla

I love all the paintings you do, but would love more info on how you make the decisions you do. What colors to use. What parts of a picture to keep or not to keep.

Nan

Row houses - San Francisco

Shirley A Miller

i like your floral and landscape abstracts but would like see total abstracts.

Debbie Sipes

Abstract landscapes of the South. Such as cotton fields, old homes on farms, etc. I know this is an odd request but I live in the Mississippi Delta and have wondered how to begin a field of cotton.

Jean

I love your floral abstracts.

Diane

I'd love a boat(s) on the water at sunset!

Brenda Jones

I grew up on the beaches of south, South Florida, with talk Palm Trees that my two brothers and I played on ans/or tried to climb. As a child I was sooo fascinated by the palm trees there by the beach that were sooo bent over, almost sideways, by years of hurricane winds. I remember one particular tree so bent by years of hurricane winds that when Mama would take us to Crandon Park Beach, my brothers and I would start at the base of that tree, and walk it!! The goal was to see how far we could walk up that tree before the slow curving upwards made us fall off!! So many wonderful memories of me and my two (both deceased) brothers playing on that tree before running down to play in the ocean again. Back and forth, ocean, tree; tree, ocean, we had sooo much fun as children, growing up at the beach several times a week.

Brenda Jones

Yes!! Like, what are the "design rules" in painting an abstract?!

Brenda Jones

I agree!! I lived in Key West for almost 4 years some 40+ years ago!

LIsa Michelle

Coastal New England with boats 🛥️ I’m just obsessed. Lived outside Boston growing up. ❤️

Linda Whalen

LOVE AN ABSTRACT Landsacpe. thank you

Kris Stanek

Landscape in Switzerland

Deborah Eichel

Lobster boat and traps at the dock unloading

Ginny

La Jolla rocky intertidal!

Cathy Knapp

Coastal with sand and grasses or flowering plants and maybe a building… surf shack or beach house

Christine Yönet

Oh i would love scenes from tuscany please ❤️

Angie

Whiskey in a crystal glass with ice cubes please.

Grace Horton

I chose urban because that a weak area for me. Learning how to chose the areas of interest, and not clog my brain with trying to paint it all

Shirley Clegg

I would like to see country landscapes with barns or interesting buildings.

Patricia McHale

Loose abstract landscapes, please plus sketching for beginners. Thanks.

Paige Henning

Loose anything! Yours are lovely and it seems to be something I’m attracted to. Not the inside the lines type gal here 😃. Love farm landscapes with cows in the background or pigs, horses etc

Paige Henning

Oh and anything ink and wash. Love that stuff!

Pat

Love coastal / beach with boat anchored. painting waves / water tricks

Pat

Agreed 👍

Pat

Window boxes in Nantucket are beautiful.. will be there in 2weeks maybe a lighthouse. It’s early but hoping to see some hydrangeas I bloom..

Carolyn McClure

Coastal with beach grasses, rocks, water, etc.

Paula Freedman

Loose abstract florals or landscape. Ink and wash. Love it all.

Martie

I would love that too!!!😍

Martie

Or sweet tea! I’m a southern girl!😁

Martie

Going there in 4 days! Would love that!

Lauren H Hudson

Urban sketching Corner pictures of downtown cities like Seattle, San Francisco, Boston. Downtowns have lots of buildings in one picture. I am struggling with perspectives. But I practice practice practice.

Melissa Baker

Coastal with ocean AND PLANTS AND ROCKS

Rebecca W Guinn

Coastal - rocky shorelines, fishing village or lighthouse, waves crashing...

Erin Barnes

Oregon coast, any location.

KatWoman

Coastal, California coast or underwater marine life

jody

Abstract florals

celia

Sandpipers on the beach

Vikki Gherzi

Coastal - Santa Barbara-ish with cliffs and bougainvillea

Ellen Crimi-Trent

I have several lighthouses here check coastal collections or type “lighthouses “ in search bar

Eva June

urban sketching - Canals, houses in Amsterdam

Yasmin

I like the idea on canals and houses in Amsteram, or scenes in Paris along the river there

Susie

South Carolina coastal scenes

Princess

Sarasota Florida beaches…key west…

Dana Preston

Ahhh So many ideas and so little time! My favs are the ones like the dragonflies and the bee with the grasses. What are those? Mini semi/abstract landscape segment studies? 🤷‍♀️