Click to enlarge This is the copy that runs around the outside of this spread… We have lived in this neighborhood since May 2010. It borders a tidal creek and there is a golf course. It’s such a treat to walk the cart path on holes 17 & 18 as the marsh borders these holes. […]
Category Archives: Sketching with Pen
Sketchbook Project Update #1
I finished making the cover back in December. I was about to bind the sketchbook, got delayed, and am so grateful for the delay as I realized the book pages would be much easier to scan. I decided sewing a few pages together would make them sturdier. There are two benefits to this. Thicker pages […]
The Rest of the Story…..
Now that this South Carolina elf finished the “project” and it’s been safely delivered and opened by my dear, dear friends in NY, I can share the rest of the story 🙂 When Rob and I lived in western NY, we made close friends with our neighbors, Mary Jo, Dave and their three children, Shannon, […]
Dahoon Holly Sprig
Dahoon Holly SprigOriginally uploaded by PJBee I love this time of year when the Holly trees sport their fruit. I discovered this variety of Ilex right outside my door, after I read Elizabeth Smith’s Dahoon post. The pen illustration with watercolor shadows of the sprig was done as a demo for my last workshop at […]
Travel Journaling Workshop
A few weeks ago I conducted a 3-day Travel Journal Workshop at Coastal Art Supply in Beaufort. We made 2 simple practice journals. One from a sheet of 18 x 24 Strathmore drawing paper, the other from a half sheet of Canson Edition paper. I wanted my students to feel less intimidated about making marks […]
Maypops – a page of many days
Click to Enlarge Much to my delight, I found Maypops on one of our morning dog walks. The vine was/is growing in a tree and spreading onto the ground near an uncompleted house in our neighborhood. The vine is quite large but the flowers were not real showy. Yes, I took a clipping 🙂 It […]
