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As it happens with Nature Journaling, once you take a closer look at something in our natural world and draw it in your journal, all of a sudden you want to know more about it. The process is really quite an adventure and can lead you down many rabbit holes. The reward for your effort […]
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June and July were great months for live sketching backyard visitors from the comfort of our air conditioned home! August is starting strong as well : )
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Our June Bluffton SketchCrawl was held along the walking trail of Hilton Head Lakes community. I didn’t walk very far from the parking lot when I saw one of my favorite waterside plants blooming. It was a mostly cloudy day, but when I spied the pickerelweed, the sun broke through making me oh and ah […]
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I found a leftover narrow strip of Waterford 140 lb. watercolor paper that I turned into a 4-panel concertina booklet. Each section measures 3×5.5 inches. I thought it would be a fun challenge to create small watercolors as we made our way around the course. While Rob warmed up on the range, I recreated Old […]
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May’s Bluffton SketchCrawl was held at the Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island. There’s a lot of eye candy for me on the grounds. This particular visit I had in mind to see how the Butterfly Habitat looked in the mid-morning light. The plan was to sketch the exterior and then go inside and […]
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There are two plants in our flower beds that I love to capture. Coral honeysuckle and coral bean. They’ve been in the ground for a few years, and much to my delight, both are really starting to show off! It was a delightful day to paint in the yard. I tried out both brands of […]
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