I have a childhood memory of a family friend’s treasure box that was filled with interesting organic items she’d found during her travels. I remember exotic shells, all types of stones and a sprig of cotton. A week ago, I had my first one-on-one experience with a field of cotton. What a delight to the […]
Category Archives: Sketching with Pen
Happy Redbud on Veterans Day
Veterans Day found me sketching a favorite Redbud tree. It struck me as happy with it’s branches lifting up toward the sky. A smattering of brightly colored leaves were like icing on a cake. Freedom makes my heart sing. Thank you, Veterans, for your bravery and sacrifices that helped keep our country free!
Sketching During a Golf Game
Yes, my kind of golf game now is sitting in the golf cart and sketching while Rob plays 🙂 I remember the last time I played this course was back in the mid ’90’s. The bunkers were geometric in shape. It was not a kind course for me to play then…. and all these years […]
Autumn Wildflower Celebration
These were picked from Spring Island’s wildflower garden last Thursday. The Frostweed, Verbesina virginica, blooms are spent, but I still love their shapes. The Horsemint, Monarde punctata L, is barely hanging on and the River Oat sprig, Chasmanthium latifolium, has been brown for weeks. But Elliott’s Aster, Symphyotrichum elliottii, Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta and Wild […]
Boo!
Happy Halloween! This page was created on Calhoun Street in the Old Town section of Bluffton, SC. I started with the flowers and sign post except I was so taken with the blooms and how the vine twirled around the post that I didn’t even consider the original placement…. Oops! Ran out of room for […]
A Bit of Architecture
This is the last sketch I did during the Around-the-Town Sketching Workshop I conducted recently in Beaufort, SC. We were making our way back to Coastal Art Supply and decided to see if anything on Craven Street spoke to us. This church steeple did it for me. The sun was out but storm clouds were […]
