Last week, we had some unusually warm weather in the lowcountry. Rob and I took advantage by taking our bikes to Pinckney Island National Wildlife Refuge. This is one of the major reasons I asked for a bike for Christmas. I’ve been yearning to sketch and paint the far and beyond of Pinckney. By the […]
Category Archives: Nature Journaling
Beach Day with my Stillman and Birn Journal
Last month I entered a drawing on Stillman and Birn’s FaceBook page to win one of their hardbound journals that feature 180 lb. watercolor paper. I was one of 10 lucky artists to win 🙂 Two Sundays ago, I had the perfect opportunity to take it for a spin. We treated ourselves to beach chairs […]
Blue Moon Celebration… Goodbye Neil
We’ve had soooo many storms all week that I was thrilled when the Weather Channel said our chances for rain would be 30% at moonrise Friday. I was still worried that a thunderstorm might pop up. Usually a 30% chance of rain in the lowcountry means zero rain….. but lately, that truth is being rubbed […]
August Duet… The Sequel
Well, these pretty flowers kept singing their song on my desk and I couldn’t resist sketching another view! I must say, painting during lunch breaks is quite refreshing. The Brown-eyed Susan is a tall plant that’s covered in smaller flowers. You just feel happy when looking at it. The Ironweed, which grows right beside the […]
August Duet
I love the color harmony found in nature. I picked these delicate beauties from the Native Plant Garden at the Nature Center on Spring Island. This is a watercolor sketch…. no pencil. I used a Micron 01 pen for the lettering and added the Ironweed’s white springs with a Signo uni•ball broad tip white pen […]
The Crescent Moon, Venus and Earthshine
Earthshine… what a lovely word! I probably learned it as a youth, but paying attention to science, history and math really wasn’t my thing back then 🙂 Just imagine if illustrated nature journaling was part of my school’s classroom curriculum…. ooh, la, la… what fun it would have been to learn these subjects through art! […]
