Last Wednesday the full moon was rising at the perfect time. I could paint it from a spot I’ve been eyeing that’s on the way home from where I work. Stay tuned for the rest of the story 🙂
Category Archives: Watercolors. Plein Air
Happy Redbud on Veterans Day
Veterans Day found me sketching a favorite Redbud tree. It struck me as happy with it’s branches lifting up toward the sky. A smattering of brightly colored leaves were like icing on a cake. Freedom makes my heart sing. Thank you, Veterans, for your bravery and sacrifices that helped keep our country free!
Plein Air and Memory Watercolor Sketches
During the palette knife painting workshop with Jane Smithers, we also sketched in our journals. The larger image is a 15 minute plein air sketch, the smaller a two-minute memory sketch. Both using just watercolors with no initial pencil sketch. I so love timed sketching. Stokes become quite simplified. It’s great for loosening up and […]
Sketching During a Golf Game
Yes, my kind of golf game now is sitting in the golf cart and sketching while Rob plays 🙂 I remember the last time I played this course was back in the mid ’90’s. The bunkers were geometric in shape. It was not a kind course for me to play then…. and all these years […]
Boo!
Happy Halloween! This page was created on Calhoun Street in the Old Town section of Bluffton, SC. I started with the flowers and sign post except I was so taken with the blooms and how the vine twirled around the post that I didn’t even consider the original placement…. Oops! Ran out of room for […]
A Bit of Architecture
This is the last sketch I did during the Around-the-Town Sketching Workshop I conducted recently in Beaufort, SC. We were making our way back to Coastal Art Supply and decided to see if anything on Craven Street spoke to us. This church steeple did it for me. The sun was out but storm clouds were […]
