Yes, as Maria taught us all in The Sound of Music,

“…let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. When you read you being with ABC, when you sing you begin with Do Re Mi..” and when I paint I begin with a sketch.

Here’s a look inside my sketch book.

This was my brainstorm session while on the plane to DC. That’s how it all begins…a song lyric, a conversation, something I see…I then do a VERY small black and white sketch–plotting out the colors…

Then I do a color sketch in my book…and THEN we consider the sketch for canvas.

Once I decide what is going to be painted, a whole other set of steps begin…and I’ll tell you about those when the painting begins in July.

So now you know the first of MANY steps!