Sketchbook Drawings

Camping at Pine Valley Reservoir with “Old Blue” my 1988 Toyota truck and Six Pac camper. Nellie and I took “Old Blue” up to beautiful Pine Valley last night for […]

Roland Lee Drawing Class in St. George Utah Learning to see edges as value changes Eight accomplished artists joined together for my April class on Sketchbook drawing and journaling. It […]

You are invited to an art show and sale of new paintings from my recent trip to Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. I have been working on both small and large […]

Nellie and I in Germany below Castle Neuschwanstein We just returned from 18 days in Europe. The weather was wonderful and the scenery spectacular. I filled a sketchbook with drawings […]

My daughter’s friend Kirstin Anderson teaches weekly art classes to children in Cedar City, Utah. She brought some of the students to St. George today for a visit to my […]

Roland Lee painting Thor’s Hammer along the trail below the rim at Bryce Canyon National Park. It’s amazing how many people want to stop and look over your shoulder when […]

Artist Roland Lee making a sketch in his field book on a research trip of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Photo by Dr. Robert L. Eves What a week! […]

Here is a group photo sent to me by Deena Millicam of our March drawing class in St. George. The photo shows our group on the red rocks above St. […]

Artist Roland Lee stands by his award-winning painting at the 2014 Sears Invitational Art Show at Dixie State University in Utah I submitted two paintings to the Sears Invitational Art […]

Drew uses his sketchbook to study the values and shapes of the red cliffs during a Roland Lee drawing class Because drawing is so fundamental to all the visual arts, […]

Roland will share tips and techniques for painting the cottages, castles, and gardens of the British Isles. Adare Manor in Ireland 8 x 12 watercolor Flaming Gorge Resort near Vernal, […]

Join us as we paint quaint English cottages Irish and English cottages and castles will be the subject of our next class Roland Lee’s Fall watercolor classes are starting up […]

Roland Lee sketching in Rothenburg Germany. Come see my travel sketchbook and new paintings from Europe and the British Isles. Tonight is the night. Please join us tonight Aug 9 […]

Adare Manor Ireland original watercolor 21 x 29 – Prints available My gallery is hung with 22 new paintings, and you’re invited to stop by and see them. Lots of […]

Just a reminder, my art show from the British Isles is now open. You can stop by my gallery weekdays from 10am to 5pm. You are invited to my reception […]

I found this little arched bridge near the old mill behind the Warwick Castle. It was a wonderful little pastoral scene with flowers, water lilies, and nice reflections in the […]

“The Dove Cottage” in Grasmere England 8x 12 watercolor painting On-location pencil sketch of the Dove Cottage All of my pencil sketchbook studies help me more completely explore and [...]

This little bridge house in Ambleside England pays no taxes because it uses no land!“Ambleside Bridge House” 4 x 6 original painting  In addition to the great castles and manor [...]

“The Red Gate” Inspired by a thatched cottage in Spiddal Ireland. Original 5 x 8 watercolor Sketchbook study of a thatched cottage done on location in Spiddal Ireland. this was […]

Windsor Street Scene – watercolor 8 x 12 In Windsor England, we stayed in the Castle hotel just across from the Windsor Castle and by this lovely street. I enjoyed […]

Original watercolor “English half-stone cottage” 5 x 8 I don’t mean to rub it in, but Nellie and I will be joining a tour group to Europe this weekend. We’ll […]

My good friend and fellow artist Myron Laub asked me to do a quick plein air painting demonstration at the monthly paint-out of the Dixie Watercolor Society this week. He […]

Our beautiful town square provided plenty of outdoor sketching opportunities for our workshop on How to draw anything Each year I teach one workshop on drawing. Of course drawing is […]