I love the color harmony found in nature. I picked these delicate beauties from the Native Plant Garden at the Nature Center on Spring Island. This is a watercolor sketch…. no pencil. I used a Micron 01 pen for the lettering and added the Ironweed’s white springs with a Signo uni•ball broad tip white pen […]
Category Archives: Wildflowers
Playing with Watercolor Ground
I’ve been wanting to try Daniel Smith’s Watercolor Ground (DSWG) since it first came out. My subject…. a cigar box 🙂 No, I’m not a closet cigar smoker! Gag! It’s all about repurposing, and now that the smell from the little devil’s finally faded, I’m quite excited about the possibilities. Tip: if you have a […]
Garden Companions
Sunday was the perfect day to sit out by the lake and sketch. Nearby was a small flower garden. Mother Nature sprinkled in the perfect aster to compliment the purple of the hosta plants. Momma Nature knows color 🙂
Spring’s Color Song ~ I
So many colors popping, solittle time…. Join me as I build this journal page. This is the start to my salute to Spring. Saturday, on the early evening dog walk down the cart path on 10, I saw Yellow Jessamine and Sweet Gum trees starting to pop. It was beautiful. The last rays of the […]
Maypops – a page of many days
Click to Enlarge Much to my delight, I found Maypops on one of our morning dog walks. The vine was/is growing in a tree and spreading onto the ground near an uncompleted house in our neighborhood. The vine is quite large but the flowers were not real showy. Yes, I took a clipping 🙂 It […]
Beautyberry Time
The golf course in my neighborhood was closed for maintenance the other day. This means the dogs and my mid-morning walk could include the cart path where the American Beautyberry bushes line the side. I took a small clipping from a bush so could make a watercolor sketch in the studio. Too hot and way […]
