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The theme of the next issue of ArtNews, the Arts Council of Beaufort County’s quarterly publication, is Innovation: Science, Technology & the Arts. I have been invited to author the All Art is Local column. I love the theme. It’s a natural fit with my love of nature journaling. I’m very honored to partake! This […]
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Ah yes, wasps can strike instant fear into our hearts. I can remember my first experience of being stung by a wasp and that was many, many moons ago. So what’s this other side??? Like Heidi Van Impe’s story about the Bald-faced Hornet, there are many species in the Hymenoptera order that are non-aggressive, some even […]
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We’re heading home to SC. Just in time to enjoy the cooler temps and the long relaxed slide into Autumn. These two sketches were workshop demo’s on saving whites when working with watercolor pencils. On the left image, I used a colorless blender pencil (normally used with colored pencils) to save the trunks of the […]
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What a difference a few weeks makes! The once green plant with small purple flowers and green berries is now an eerie looking purple leaved woody branch with a few red berries. Very Halloween – Sleepy Hollow looking! If I knew nothing about this plant other than my field observations, my heart would tell me […]
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I started this watercolor sketch a few days ago. The dark bottomed clouds, big and full. So full of Fall. The last few nights, flocks of Canada Geese have been flying in. Such sweet music to my ears. Labor Day Weekend, the lake is buzzing with activity. The last hurrah. Next week, lots of docks […]
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Our time in New York is almost at an end. When we arrived in July, I had envisioned a lot more time on the boat taking in the evening colors. Silly puddin’! Between nursing Rob through back surgery/recovery, keeping the dogs from eating my in-laws newspapers, mail, food, cat food, litter (this house is not […]
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