These were picked from Spring Island’s wildflower garden last Thursday. The Frostweed, Verbesina virginica, blooms are spent, but I still love their shapes. The Horsemint, Monarde punctata L, is barely hanging on and the River Oat sprig, Chasmanthium latifolium, has been brown for weeks. But Elliott’s Aster, Symphyotrichum elliottii, Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta and Wild […]
Category Archives: Watercolor
Beach Day with my Stillman and Birn Journal
Last month I entered a drawing on Stillman and Birn’s FaceBook page to win one of their hardbound journals that feature 180 lb. watercolor paper. I was one of 10 lucky artists to win 🙂 Two Sundays ago, I had the perfect opportunity to take it for a spin. We treated ourselves to beach chairs […]
Garden Sketching
Last year, I found the Upside•Down Patio Garden container at the store Tuesday Morning. I thought it would be perfect for the condo we were living in at the time. But, as silly condo rules go…. I found out I couldn’t put this on the sunny front porch. This spring we moved into a house […]
Playing with Blue and Gray
Can you think of a better subject to practice blue and gray watercolor mixes? Then, what shape is the heron’s eye? And look at all the tones of orange in it’s beak…. What may seem a bland colored waterbird from afar really is made up of such a plethora of subtle shades and tones. Oh […]
Happy Waxing Moon
I so love it when the Moon smiles in the sky. No Full Moon painting for me this month. Our sky was socked in with clouds. I’ve two more sketches to do of the convergence of Jupiter and the waxing Moon. Right now they are just hen scratchings on a piece of scrap paper and […]
Happy 4th • Conesus Lake… Lake of Fire
Here’s to being able to celebrate our Freedom! Thank you to all who help us keep it!! We are once again in the Finger Lake’s Region of Western NY. July 3rd is the big celebration on Conesus Lake. Here’s some sights and sounds….. At 10 pm everyone around the lake lights flares… thus, Lake of […]
