It’s always such a joy to visit Three Sisters Farm for our SketchCrawl. Beth Lee, one of the owners and sisters, gave us a tour of the gardens, then our small group scattered to the four winds to sketch. Art Goal for the Day . . . . . . Capture a sense of place. […]
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A Visit to Widgeon Point Preserve
Creating a Journal Page from Photographs We checked out Beaufort County’s newest passive park: Widgeon Point Preserve. A real beauty that can be found off of Rt 170, just before the Broad River Bridge when heading into Beaufort from Okatie. I didn’t bring my journaling supplies with me. This was a day for the dogs. […]
Oh the Night Sky…
I’ll always be grateful for having dogs in our lives. They’ve kept me connected to the night sky whether from the ‘last call pee trips’ before bed or the thankfully seldom wee hours of the morning ‘I’ve got the runs’ trips. Probably TMI there! During the last pee trip on July 31st, the sky […]
What is Going to Catch My Eye?
I organize a group of sketchers that meet once a month for what we call a SketchCrawl. We meet at various places around the Bluffton-Hilton Head area and sketch what ever is in front of us. For the last several months, our Sketchcrawls have been virtual. I’ve been sketching a lot of plants in […]
Salute to the Redbay Tree
Painted plein air using the direct watercolor method. Text and line work added in the studio with Faber Castell markers. Journal: Stillman and Birn Alpha, soft cover.