For our recent Virtual Bluffton Sketckcrawl, my husband, our dogs and I visited Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island. There is a lovely walk around a good sizedpond and trails are cut through the wooded areas. Lots of places to picnic. Wading birds and osprey come and go. Gators can be seen swimming or […]
Category Archives: Watercolors
The Ever Lovely Horse Sugar Tree
Drawn and painted from life. I’m fortunate to have these lovely trees in my backyard : ) Ink drawing and lettering done on 5.6. Painted on 5.9. A page doesn’t have to be completed in one sitting – Create when you can.
Floral Arrangement Study
Floral Designer / Author John Grady Burns conducted a workshop for Spring Island (my day job as their Director of Arts). This is a quick study of the demo piece he created. Micron pen, watercolor in Stillman & Birn Zeta journal.
August Bouquet – Back in the Saddle
Lots of life has happened. Thankfully mostly busy stuff. Grateful for good health, good job, my love, old and new friends, fur babies and always the wonders of nature. Will be posting images that were created over the last couple of years. Figure if I start with basic posts, I’ll catch up to the present […]
Trillium Garden Project
I’m delighted to be working on a project as part of my job on Spring Island. There is a lovely piece of property that is amazingly flush with trillium, atamasco lily, red buckeye, bloodroot, mayapple and indian pink. The project involves me making illustrations of the plants for outdoor signage and a tri-fold brochure. Needless […]
Field Sketch Friday – Mayapple
At long last, spring weather has arrived! Last Friday, I made my way to a special area on Spring Island called the Trillium Garden. It’s an amazing piece of property where spotted trillium, atamasco lilies, bloodroot and mayapples, Podophyllum peltatum, naturally decorate the landscape. This year, as part of my job, I will be illustrating […]
