I felt like working big today. This is an 11×14 sketchbook. “Sure,” my inner voice said. “You can do a sketch of the pitcher plant in 10 minutes. Sure thing!” Almost… I set the timer for 5 minutes to get the drawing done. I used the small end of a Zig Dual Tip Brush Pen. […]
Category Archives: Watercolor
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 […]
10-Minute Tuesday Series Begins
As a celebration for fast sketching and a goal to create more accurate quick sketches, I’ve created a personal challenge to post a weekly sketch that was created in up to 10 minutes. I haven’t had my bird feeders up in over a year. Life was just a bit full and I let one of […]
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.
My Way to Play
For years I gave playing the game of golf a go. I loved the scenery and happened to see a lot of the courses we played with my particular game… I came to look on golf the same way Mark Twain did – a good walk spoiled. Then, the last 5 years I played, I […]
Honoring Bloodroot IV
It’s a good thing this pot of Bloodroot was in my office and I could check it frequently or I may have missed out on the plant’s quick growth! In just eight days seedlings went from barely popping out of the soil to blooming!
