Want a great way to start the day? Paint a field of wildflowers 🙂 Sorry for the gray background. This is a page from a Stillman & Birn 8.5×11 Alpha Series Journal. So love the paper. I just need a better setup to photograph the pages within. Here are some images from the morning….
Category Archives: Watercolors. Plein Air
Round Two, 2013 RBC Heritage Sketches
click to enlarge A gray morning. I was sitting with my back to the 6th green so I could paint the view of the 3rd green and the 2nd green and fairway. The Live Oaks made a perfect frame. I used a pencil to sketch the stands and people, otherwise laid the rest of the […]
Round One, 2013 RBC Heritage Sketches
click to enlarge Thursday had perfect weather for the start of the RBC Heritage. We arrived just after 9 a.m. and hiked to the 14th green. There we proceeded to park ourselves for the rest of the day. A tough job, but someone had to do it! Unbelievable pollen storms. The wind would blow and […]
The Zen and Tangle of a Bracken Fern
click to enlarge I love ferns, especially in large groupings. Their green coloring is so happy against dark and shaded tree trunks. To my eye, the Bracken Fern has a complex structure. Three triangular leaves branch from a stem, creating an overlap of the divided leaf structures. Speaking as one who is dyslexic… viewing them […]
2013 RBC Heritage Watercolor Sketching
Yes, it’s that time of year! I so look forward to roaming the Harbour Town Golf Links and sketching scenes around this beautiful place. The Pro Am on Wednesday is a favorite. I like to create a journal page background for the players to autograph. Luke Donald was the first on my list and I […]
Happy Earth Day!
I live in the part of the country that has lush vegetation. Green abounds. However, in the winter, the marsh grass turns a dull gray and our lawns turn a blah tan. The deep woods are more accessible thanks to the deciduous flora that goes dormant. Chiggers take a vacation and sometimes even the mosquitoes […]
