Autumn’s Treasures and Urban Sketching…

Autumn’s Treasures and Urban Sketching…

Turn into a Wonderful Nature Journaling Rabbit Hole! Quin gold, new gamboge, hansa yellow, raw and burnt siennas, quin rose, ultra marine blue, a dash of pyrrol scarlet… Yum! Palette’s are by Art-Toolkit. Here in the lowcountry of South Carolina, our fall colors are sprinkled within the landscape. Being a New Englander for my first […]

Beginning a Perpetual Journal

Beginning a Perpetual Journal

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…

Art Tip Tuesday ~ Ink, Water, Feathers & Fur… Oh My!

Art Tip Tuesday ~ Ink, Water, Feathers & Fur… Oh My!

June and July were great months for live sketching backyard visitors from the comfort of our air conditioned home! August is starting strong as well : )

Watercolor Snippets of Old South Golf Links

Watercolor Snippets of Old South Golf Links

I found a leftover narrow strip of Waterford 140 lb. watercolor paper that I turned into a 4-panel concertina booklet. Each section measures 3×5.5 inches. I thought it would be a fun challenge to create small watercolors as we made our way around the course. While Rob warmed up on the range, I recreated Old […]

The Butterfly Habitat at Coastal Discovery Museum

The Butterfly Habitat at Coastal Discovery Museum

May’s Bluffton SketchCrawl was held at the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island. There’s a lot of eye candy for me on the grounds. This particular visit I had in mind to see how the Butterfly Habitat looked in the mid-morning light. The plan was to sketch the exterior and then go inside and […]