My anticipated February visit to SPFP finally came to be…. a month late, but we got there! I was wondering how the landscape would compare to past February and early March journal entries. Nature seemed to be in order. The red maples were starting to pop and I saw the wildflower ‘Innocence’ Houstonia procumbensin bloom. […]
Category Archives: Water Studies
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, […]
Water Studies
I have had a long love affair with water. One of my earliest journal entries was of a reflection study at Look Park in Massachusetts. In the 90’s I explored water, this time my media was fiber. I was weaving on an 8 harness floor loom. Great fun! Now, all that know me understand my […]
Meandering on the May
October 1st was nature journaling day on the May River. My good friend, Kate, called and said we must take advantage of the extra high tides and journey up the May to its headwaters. OK! I’m there! We pushed off just after 10 a.m., camera in hand. Not to far into our travels, Kate stopped […]
Escaping August Heat
Finger Lakes here we come! August is the perfect time to head north as it’s been a tad toasty in the low country lately. We’re heading back to our old stomping grounds on Conesus Lake. It’s the very last Finger Lake, located about 45 minutes south of Rochester, NY. Rob’s folks have a summer place […]
