I met my first Persimmon tree at work. It’s located along the driveway to my office. Over the last six years I’ve watched this sapling grow. It surprised my coworker and me this year by bearing fruit. He was sure it was a male tree. I was delighted to share the news of seeing […]
Category Archives: Native Plants
Celebrating Autumn in the Lowcountry – Creating a Journal Page
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 […]
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 […]
Sketchercize Day – A 10-Minute Start
I’m very fortunate to work on a lovely private island consisting of 3,000 acres of wild lowcounty South Carolina habitat that has over 30 miles of trails. My job requires a lot of computer time. If I’m not careful, I can spend the whole work day with minimal movement… the bad health habit taking […]
Ten-Minute Tuesday / Building a page 10 minutes at a time
On September 2nd, my first marks on the page were of a cardinal sitting on the branch outside the kitchen window. He kept posing, so I kept sketching. The next morning, bunny came to visit as I was making breakfast. It’s tough to sketch when other duties call – even with the timer set to […]
10-Minute Tuesday / Blue Lobelia
This has been a busy week! In the past few weeks, my 10 minute sketch usually has taken place well before Tuesday. This time, Monday was the day. I did two 10 minute direct watercolor sketches. The first subject was a bit complicated for 10 minutes, especially with the so-so paper being used. The sketch […]
