This tall plant in a pot at the Native Plant Project greenhouse at work was calling to me. I chose to paint directly with Tombow dual tip markers and a waterbrush. In a Canson Mixed Media sketchbook, I started laying down tan, brown purple and red marks for the flowers and stem. Just a few […]
Category Archives: Watercolor
10-Minute Tuesday
All week I’ve been watching the hummingbird wars at the feeder. In past years, I’ve only seen a lone female at the feeder. This year there seem to be two couples. One male has staked out his territory and prevents others from feeding. I’m going to have to put another feeder some distance away so […]
10-Minute Tuesday… Make that 15!
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. […]
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.
