click to enlarge I love ferns, especially in large groupings. Their green coloring is so happy against dark and shaded tree trunks. To my eye, the Bracken Fern has a complex structure. Three triangular leaves branch from a stem, creating an overlap of the divided leaf structures. Speaking as one who is dyslexic… viewing them […]
Category Archives: Pen Sketches
Fast Sketching at a Rookery
The rookery on Spring Island is humming, or should I say, clacking right along. When I arrived all I could hear was the clacking of the Wood Storks bills. They decorated the tops of the trees while nesting egrets were sprinkled in the lower vegetation. Please forgive the poor quality of my sketch images. I […]
Beidler Forest ~ Cypress and Tupelo
The Audubon Sanctuary of Beidler Forest is located in the town of Harleyville, SC, and sits in the middle of the very large Four Holes Swamp. I was first introduced to this amazing place during a 2008 field trip of the Master Naturalist Program I was enrolled in. I’ve always wanted to return and take […]
Biking and Sketching in Sea Pines
It was a beauty of a day in the low country. Rob and I took our bikes into Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island. Sea Pines is a large resort and residential plantation at the south end of the island. Charles Fraser, a real estate developer, transformed HHI with the creation of Sea Pines, […]
Jupe and the Moon Encounter
Y’all know I love keeping tract of celestial events 🙂 Thankfully the sky was almost clear… Even better, atmospheric ice crystals created a huge ring around the moon as if to celebrate the closeness of these two heavenly bodies. I sketched the 6:45 pm and 10:30 pm views plein air, but in a different sketch […]
Around-the-Town Sketching Workshop
The first Friday and Saturday in October found me in Beaufort conducting a workshop at Coastal Art Supply. Around-the-Town Sketching is one of my favorite workshop formats. Participants gain experience with fast sketching, sketching with pen, plein air watercolor sketching and lettering. We spend the mornings sauntering around the streets of Beaufort and sketching. Sometimes […]
