Our Thanksgiving CelebrationOriginally uploaded by PJBee Rob and I have lived away from our families a lot. We were able to travel to them a good part of the time but when we couldn’t we kept the Thanksgiving tradition alive and well in our own home. This year I decided to record the way we […]
Category Archives: Calligraphy
Dahoon Holly Sprig
Dahoon Holly SprigOriginally uploaded by PJBee I love this time of year when the Holly trees sport their fruit. I discovered this variety of Ilex right outside my door, after I read Elizabeth Smith’s Dahoon post. The pen illustration with watercolor shadows of the sprig was done as a demo for my last workshop at […]
Maypops – a page of many days
Click to Enlarge Much to my delight, I found Maypops on one of our morning dog walks. The vine was/is growing in a tree and spreading onto the ground near an uncompleted house in our neighborhood. The vine is quite large but the flowers were not real showy. Yes, I took a clipping 🙂 It […]
Beautyberry Time
The golf course in my neighborhood was closed for maintenance the other day. This means the dogs and my mid-morning walk could include the cart path where the American Beautyberry bushes line the side. I took a small clipping from a bush so could make a watercolor sketch in the studio. Too hot and way […]
Foxglove Plus….
Picked my last clipping from our NY home. More on this much love house here.
Pentel and Prismacolor
Stopped by ‘The Art Store‘ in Henrietta, NY. What fun. So many pens and markers to try. I came home with Prismacolor Brush Markers in black, blue and sepia. A Pentel Outliner Marker in silver/blue and a Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.3 mm roller ball pen in black. I like the various widths I can achieve with […]
