Today, I happened upon a co-worker with his girl friend. They were especially dressed up and I just had to ask what was going on 🙂 “We were just married!!” Well, I thought a watercolor sketch of where they first walked as husband and wife was in order, so I used this image as the […]
Category Archives: Plein Air
work created outdoors
Full Owl Moon
I’ve been tickled for weeks as January’s Full Moon falls on my birthday this year 🙂 How great is that…. a present from the cosmos! The morning started off with total cloud cover, but the forecast called for clearing. Sure enough, when I took the dogs for their late afternoon walk the sky was beautiful […]
Black-crowned Night Heron Juvi
click to enlarge It was a sunny, crisp morning. The wind kicked up a bit and the dogs were frisky in the cooler temps. On the way back from our morning walk I spotted five Great Egrets and a couple of Black-crowned Night Heron juvi’s roosting in the trees along the pond near our home. […]
Signs of Autumn in the Low Country
Spartina alterniflora Here in the low country of South Carolina, our trees do not rush to change their leaves to the colors of orange, yellow, red, burgundy and purple we so love in Autumn. For that matter, Mother Nature doesn’t abruptly turn the temperature down either! Telltale signs that the hot, humid days of summer […]
Garden Journal Workshop Offering
Are you ready for an Artful Autumn Get-Away? In conjunction with Coastal Art Supply and The Beaufort InnI will be conducting A Garden Journal Workshop October 25, 26 and 27 · 10 am – 3:30 pm Beaufort, South Carolina Images from the May 2011 Garden Journal Workshop Autumn in the low country of South Carolina…. kiss the […]
Sparkleberry, May Day and A Journey of Discovery
Click image to enlarge This page has been a long time in the making! Truly a perfect example that you don’t have to finish a journal page in one sitting. I started this page on May 1st and while I put the finishing touches on it a couple of days ago, my journey of discovery […]
