It’s always such a joy to visit Three Sisters Farm for our SketchCrawl. Beth Lee, one of the owners and sisters, gave us a tour of the gardens, then our small group scattered to the four winds to sketch. Art Goal for the Day . . . . . . Capture a sense of place. […]
Category Archives: Flowers
Floral Celebration of Bluffton in Bloom!
A lovely Saturday for the spring event ‘Bluffton in Bloom’!The winning bouquet captured my fancy. I setup about 20 feet away from the floral tableto allow others to view the floral arrangements and respect Covid distances. I could tell everyone was so grateful to be out on this glorious day – masks and all! A […]
Floral Arrangement Study
Floral Designer / Author John Grady Burns conducted a workshop for Spring Island (my day job as their Director of Arts). This is a quick study of the demo piece he created. Micron pen, watercolor in Stillman & Birn Zeta journal.
Sunflowers
Not too long ago I took a workshop with Janet Rogers. She has a wonderfully light touch and paints by intuition. I was soooo pulled into her demonstrations. Yes, I can do this…. Hmm… once I shed my heavy handedness! I was thrilled with the flowers, but knew they needed a background. I waited until […]
Garden Companions
Sunday was the perfect day to sit out by the lake and sketch. Nearby was a small flower garden. Mother Nature sprinkled in the perfect aster to compliment the purple of the hosta plants. Momma Nature knows color 🙂
I’ve Got A Secret……..
Or, I could title this post “I Must Confess.” Last week I added this journal page to my Flickr account and also blogged about it. Many of my Flickr friends marked it as a favorite – I’m so honored! But, the image….. how do I say this? Oh heck, it wasn’t the original rendition! No […]