We learned to plan our walks around the rise and fall of the tides while we stayed in Wellfleet. The beach at Pleasant Point Landing, just down the road from our cottage, was under four feet of water at high tide, but at low tide we could walk all along the shore on dry, sandy […]
Category: Cape Cod
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Day 5 (continued)
Look who was hanging out at the beach with us on Day 5 of our Cape Cod vacation… This big guy bobbed around off-shore all afternoon, riding the swells and watching us watching him. It was all well and good until Buckley caught a whiff of him and tried to swim out through the breakers […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Days 3-5
Any visit to Provincetown is guaranteed to be memorable. It has interesting people, charming historic buildings, a bustling harbor, fun shops, and dogs everywhere! Ink & watercolor in a hardbound 5.5″ x 8.5″ Stillman and Birn Beta series sketchbook I tried to capture some of its quirky vibe in this composite page. The whimsical lettering […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Cape Cod: Days 1 & 2
I’ve been away from blogging for a few weeks, finishing up my Cape Cod sketches and working on a new business venture which I’ll be announcing soon. I also managed to slip in a little trip with my mom and sister, to celebrate my sis’s birthday. I’m back now and anxious to share my Cape […]
Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting: Highland Light – Cape Cod
When we were in Cape Cod last week, I did a quick vignette sketch of the Highland Light near Truro, and I thought you might enjoy seeing a step-by-step of how I added the watercolor back at home. Here’s the completed sketch… “Highland Light”, 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta […]
Sketching the Time Away
A twelve-hour van ride is enough to drive me bonkers if I don’t have anything to occupy my time. I get antsy and impatient and tend to snack too much, just to break up the monotony. But last week, when my husband and I were packing for a trip to Cape Cod, and I was […]
