Such a nice treat to see ‘Blue’ hunting as I pulled in to work. Blue was in stealth mode and paid no attention to my car as I parked less than 50 feet away. So intent was he/she, that not a muscle twitched as I put the car into park and reached my arm between […]
Category Archives: Great Blue Heron
Ten-Minute Tuesday – Purple Ballpoint!
When I pulled into work today, there stood ‘Blue’ in the water about 25 feet in front of me. Into my purse I went for my trusty 3″x5″ Stillman and Birn softcover Alpha Journal. Then I realized my small zippered pouch that carries my art pens, waterbrush and an Art Toolkit palette was at […]
Capturing the Day
Rob had a tee time of 10:30 at Old South Golf Links. He loves to arrive early and warmup at the driving range. It was a beauty of a morning. I brought my Stillman & Birn 8.5 x 11 journal and a few empty pages from my unbound journal. While Rob warmed his golf game […]
Workshop Demo Pages
Here are two journal pages I created during a couple of workshops, as demonstrations for students. The left was sketched with a black 02 Micron pen. The right was sketched en plein air using an 005 Sepia Micron pen, then painted with watercolors using a waterbrush. The assignment here was for students to sketch what […]
Playing with Blue and Gray
Can you think of a better subject to practice blue and gray watercolor mixes? Then, what shape is the heron’s eye? And look at all the tones of orange in it’s beak…. What may seem a bland colored waterbird from afar really is made up of such a plethora of subtle shades and tones. Oh […]
The Sketchbook Project – Final Update
Here are the final pages. I had to clean these up quite a bit from the original scans. The wrinkled paper and the difficulty I had getting the book to lay flat on the scan bed was a real treat…. Especially at 2 am in the morning 🙂 click all images to enlarge It was […]
