Last week was our local SketchCrawl. We are still holding them virtually – sketch where you are and post work to the group’s FB site. Autumn in the Lowcountry is staring to bloom. I could get lost in the textures of the grasses and other plants that are changing. It’s a great time […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
Looking Toward Bay Point Island
We checked out Fish Haul Beach Park on Hilton Head Island this weekend. Of course I had my trusty 3″ x 5″ Stillman and Birn Alpha Journal with me : ) Mostly overcast, the blue sky patches were trying to gain strength. The cooler weather feels sooooo goood! The park beach overlooks the Port Royal […]
Sunday Funday Painting
Wow, is life going at warp speed for you, too? It’s just way too full right now. If you are in the same boat, I feel your frustration. How do you stay balanced? I turn to my sketchbook, and most of the time, with Nature as my subject. Even with just 10 to 30 […]
Ten-Minute Tuesday – Catch as Catch Can
It’s official… The bird feeder station is my shiny bobble. Making breakfast? What birds are feeding? Doing dishes? Who’s visiting under the feeder? Making dinner? Surely I have time to check the bird feeders out! Quick fountain pen captures as I view the feeders through a scope from the kitchen window… shiny bobble all the […]
Trying Out New Palette Colors
For our recent Virtual Bluffton Sketckcrawl, my husband, our dogs and I visited Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island. There is a lovely walk around a good sizedpond and trails are cut through the wooded areas. Lots of places to picnic. Wading birds and osprey come and go. Gators can be seen swimming or […]
Ten-Minute Tuesday / Muscadine Vine & Spanish Moss
Yes, I so love water soluble ink!You can get so much bang for so few marks!Perfect for fast sketching : ) Tools used:Tombow Dual Tip Brush Pen – sepia 947Zig Cocoiro Letter Pen – grey Micron Pens, black and lt. brown Pentel Waterbrush Handmade accordion Discovery Journal The lettering took it’s own time. I don’t […]