Jumpin’ Joe! Where has the time gone! Guess I went into unintentional blog posting hibernation. I really have been sketching, though. Nothing glorious as time has been tight, but sketching none the less. Here’s a look back through my books and iPad Paper 53 journals from the end of December until today. This is a […]
Category Archives: Wildflowers
Trillium and Birds
My coworker/landscape ecologist brought a potted Trillium into the office for me to sketch. I was going to start the process of recording the blooming cycle with traditional materials, but then got the hankering to try it on the iPad using Paper 53. I didn’t spend time mixing the correct greens, but focused upon trying […]
A Field of Lanceleaf Coreopsis
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….
Autumn Wildflower Celebration
These were picked from Spring Island’s wildflower garden last Thursday. The Frostweed, Verbesina virginica, blooms are spent, but I still love their shapes. The Horsemint, Monarde punctata L, is barely hanging on and the River Oat sprig, Chasmanthium latifolium, has been brown for weeks. But Elliott’s Aster, Symphyotrichum elliottii, Black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta and Wild […]
Broad Strokes
Today, Spring Island’s Landscape Ecologist, whom I share office space with, asked if I wanted to visit one of our resident’s garden… I grabbed my sketch bag before he even finished his sentence 🙂 I’ve been hearing about Ann’s garden for two years. It is incredible. Loaded with native plants and in one small area […]
August Duet… The Sequel
Well, these pretty flowers kept singing their song on my desk and I couldn’t resist sketching another view! I must say, painting during lunch breaks is quite refreshing. The Brown-eyed Susan is a tall plant that’s covered in smaller flowers. You just feel happy when looking at it. The Ironweed, which grows right beside the […]
