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 […]
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Anhinga Study – Playing With Brush Pens
click to enlarge I so love using minimal brush strokes to capture waterbirds. The Anhinga, or Snake Bird, is one of my favorites. It’s very calligraphic and begs to be sketched with a brush. I was looking through my old sketchbooks the other day and ran across this demo I did during a workshop. The […]
Fish Haul Creek Park
At long last a few hours away that made me feel like I’ve had an entire weekend getaway! Fish Haul is on Hilton Head Island and borders Port Royal Sound. It’s a birder’s paradise and an ecological wonder. Every SC Low Country Master Naturalist class gets a field trip here and is warned not to […]
Pentel and Prismacolor
Stopped by ‘The Art Store‘ in Henrietta, NY. What fun. So many pens and markers to try. I came home with Prismacolor Brush Markers in black, blue and sepia. A Pentel Outliner Marker in silver/blue and a Pentel Hybrid Technica 0.3 mm roller ball pen in black. I like the various widths I can achieve with […]
