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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 🙂
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Coastal Autumn colors are still singing their song. The colors and textures are a delight to my eyes. Virginia Creeper and Muscadine Grape vines abound in our landscape. New to me is Virgin’s Bower – a native clematis. I really want to explore the wonderful arrangement of the spent flowers. They look different in every […]
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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!
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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