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 a little [...]

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 was a fun [...]

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 paintings which include the colorful [...]

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 and [...]

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 studio and gallery, [...]

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 you’re [...]

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! Nellie and I enjoyed four days [...]

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. George where we studied the effects of light and [...]

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 Show at [...]

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, I try to teach at least one [...]

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, Utah will be [...]

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 soon. Register [...]

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 from 6pm to 9pm [...]

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 brand new originals [...]

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 Thursday and Friday evening from 6 to 9pm. I [...]

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 dark water. I knew [...]

“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 my [...]

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 the atmosphere of the [...]

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 spend some [...]

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 chose a wonderful spot [...]

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 fundamental [...]