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What a rush the pop of spring blooms can be. I have a hard time not filling up a weekly spread in my perpetual journal in one sitting! But then there are times of overwhelm as well~ with too much to sketch at one time. What to do? Follow the advise of Ralph Waldo Emerson: […]
The change from winter to spring in the lowcountry begins in February almost with Imbolc and Ground Hog Day. This year our late January snow and unusually cold temps delayed the arrival of pine pollen, trillium flowers, new shoots of coralbean plants, swamp maple buds and yellow jessamine by a couple of weeks. Sometimes […]
2024 Marks a Special Anniversary! Wowza! If my first journal was a piece of furniture, it would be considered an antique. That’s a weird feeling. My dearly departed urban sketching buddy, Doug Corkern, would always answer the infamous question: “How long did it take you to draw that?” with his age. ie: 81 years and […]
The practice of keeping a perpetual journal has been around for awhile. I’m just now jumping in!
When I’m planning a plein air workshop, I dig through old journals to get a feel for what the weather conditions were over the years for the date selected. That’s a lot of journals to…
There are so many days that come and go without a single note made or photograph taken. While I don’t keep a daily journal, I do try to note things that touch me or are just plain eye candy for my art soul.
As it happens with Nature Journaling, once you take a closer look at something in our natural world and draw it in your journal, all of a sudden you want to know more about it. The process is really quite an adventure and can lead you down many rabbit holes. The reward for your effort […]
