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Please click to enlarge Two weeks ago I took part in a Jane Smithers oil painting workshop. We used only a palette knife to apply paint to our substrates. I’ve not painted with oils since college and this time around chose Holbein’s duo aqua oils as I want to not get involved with the chemicals […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The first Friday and Saturday in October found me in Beaufort conducting a workshop at Coastal Art Supply. Around-the-Town Sketching is one of my favorite workshop formats. Participants gain experience with fast sketching, sketching with pen, plein air watercolor sketching and lettering. We spend the mornings sauntering around the streets of Beaufort and sketching. Sometimes […]
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I’m trying out yet another Stillman and Birn Journal…. this time the Epsilon Series that has paper suited for pen and ink. This is my first entry and I’ve got to say writing on this paper with a Micron pen is dreamy. The greys were created with grey and black Pentel Sign Pens that I […]
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I don’t mean to flaunt 🙂 Actually for someone who only lives 15 miles from the beach, this is only the fourth time we’ve been this year! Very sad, really! This spread is the second in my new Stillman & Birn hardbound, Beta Series journal. I’ve officially decided to designate it for all things water […]
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