A few Saturday’s ago, I wandered down the tree line in back of the house to the multi-trunked Sweetbay, Magnolia virginiana L., in hopes that there were still fresh blooms to paint. I had my watercolor sketchbook, travel set of holbein watercolors and my NIJI waterbrush. No campstool. No pencil. I just wanted to paint! […]
Category Archives: Trees
Live Earth Day!
In celebration of Earth Day and the one year anniversary of this blog, I’ve created a limited edition, concertina book to celebrate trees. It is dedicated to those trees whose lives are hanging in the balance due to over-development of the landscape, and to all nature lovers who are taking a stand to protect these […]
Workshops and Anniversary Preview
Spring is popping all around and so are my workshops. Attendance is down but that’s just the way things are right now. I know I feel honored when folks choose to spend their hard earned dollars on my artwork and workshops. Thank you! It feels like, at least blog wise, that I’ve fallen off the […]
Sunday Walk
Rob and I took advantage of the glorious day and took the golf cart up to the golf course. He chose to hit golf balls at the range, I took a walk along the boardwalk trail with journal, camera and bins in tote. My quest was to draw the Highbush Blueberry I’d seen when walking […]
Dragonfly!
Spring is popping all over the place 🙂 Today’s dog walk on and around the boardwalk yielded lots of sights. In just the last couple of days, a lot more tree species are starting to pop. The bare deciduous landscape is now dotted with splashes of bright yellow green, grass green, mineral green, pink and […]
General’s Sketch & Wash Pencil
Another favorite tool in my pencil case is General’s Sketch & Wash Pencil. It’s water-soluble graphite. I enjoy it, as up to this point in time, I don’t have the patience to create shaded pencil studies. I do love working in black and white. You can concentrate on tones versus color and in the end, […]
