Vivien Blackburn has posted a Challenge to paint or sketch trees. The sketches must be done from life – my favorite way to sketch and paint 🙂 I’ve gathered together a few that I created. The first is the currently blooming, ever beautiful Loblolly Bay. I cut a sprig from this much loved Loblolly Bay […]
Category Archives: Watercolor Pencils
Friday….Painting Day at Cheraw
Yes, a day off to golf helped me decide on a subject, and I became a painting machine! Lake Cherokee stole my heart. A number of views were screaming to be painted but, since the temperature was climbing into the 90’s and the humidity rising, a shady spot next to the lake’s outlet won. We […]
Wednesday at Cheraw
Up and out by 6:30 a.m. I wanted to catch early morning light on Lake Juniper. It really is a lovely time of day. Returned to the cabin for breakfast with my love, then we picked up the golf cart. Because it’s the golf course’s slow time, we were given full run 🙂 I love […]
Tuesday Adventures at Cheraw
A substantial thunder storm saved us having to get up at the crack of dawn. Ranger Rick Smith advised me that just after dawn is a good time to view the Red-cockaded Woodpecker. I think, no, I know that’s why I’m partial to raptors and wading birds. They keep my kind of hours 🙂 I […]
Monday at Cheraw
We arrived at Cheraw State Park around 2 p.m. on the 15th. It took a little over 3 hours, mostly on Rt. 95, then at exit 164, we headed west on Rt 52. Living in Beaufort County, we really get an unrealistic view of South Carolina. Now I understand why our county is last on […]
Beard-tongue or ?
For the last couple of weeks this wonderful plant has been blooming along our roadsides. Always in large groups, it’s such a pretty blur of lavender blue to see when driving. The problem is stopping to pick a sample as there are four lanes of 50 – 60 mph traffic! Finally, I discovered some on […]
