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 : )
Art Tip Tuesday ~ Ink, Water, Feathers & Fur… Oh My!
Category Archives: Nature Journal
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
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 […]
All About “Coral” Plein Air Painting Day
There are two plants in our flower beds that I love to capture. Coral honeysuckle and coral bean. They’ve been in the ground for a few years, and much to my delight, both are really starting to show off! It was a delightful day to paint in the yard. I tried out both brands of […]
Three Sisters Farm ~ Bluffton SketchCrawl
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. […]
A Visit to Widgeon Point Preserve
Creating a Journal Page from Photographs We checked out Beaufort County’s newest passive park: Widgeon Point Preserve. A real beauty that can be found off of Rt 170, just before the Broad River Bridge when heading into Beaufort from Okatie. I didn’t bring my journaling supplies with me. This was a day for the dogs. […]
