5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, ink, watercolor, and stamping Oak Island, North Carolina, has been our beach vacation destination for the past ten years or so. We love the beautiful beaches, warm, clean water, and laid-back family atmosphere. This year we rented a house at the far end of the island, with perfect sunset views and beaches […]
Category: Sketching
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 62
When we headed for the beach a few weeks ago, I was hoping I’d be able to keep up with my sketching while I was away, knowing it wasn’t going to be easy with all the commotion of sharing a beach house with extended family. But I figured that, if I managed to sketch almost […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 56 & 59-61
Continuing with my project of sketching all the rooms in my house, here are a few views of the breakfast area that’s part of my kitchen… This antique cupboard is filled with old china… All sketches are 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, drawn with a Noodler’s flex pen & Lexington gray ink A slipcovered chair in one […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 58
I think I like the idea of a picnic more than I actually like picnicking itself. Lounging around on a patchwork quilt, looking out over a beautiful view, nibbling on cheese and crackers, and sipping a glass of Chardonnay – that’s the way I picture picnicking… relaxing, idyllic, and maybe even romantic. Thus, my request […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 57
Every spring I plant the front row of my garden with zinnias. All summer long, they flourish without any care, producing masses of bright blooms that cheer me up every time I pass that way. I love to pick big bunches of them to bring in the house. Arranged in an old blue and white […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 55
I recently took a few hours to visit the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh to see the Impressionism exhibit that’s currently showing. It was wonderful, and I’m so glad I made the time to do it. When I stand in front of an original painting by Renoir or Monet or Cassatt, it’s hard to […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 52-54
A couple of years back, some of the students from my Summerhill Weekend Sewing Retreats nicknamed our attic guest room “The Penthouse”, and we still call it that today. It’s way up at the tippy top of our Victorian style home, which sits on a hill, so the view from the attic window almost makes […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 51
My birthday and my husband’s are just one day apart, so we always enjoy celebrating together, usually with lunch or dinner out (plus gifts, of course!) This year we decided to try a new Japanese steakhouse in our area. I was up for being adventurous and trying the sushi, while he ordered the hibachi lunch […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Day 50
I can’t think of a better way to spend a summer Saturday than sitting on a grassy hillside with my dog at my side, listening to some awesome, foot-stomping, live bluegrass music while looking out over a gorgeous lake and the green hills beyond. I attended my first bluegrass festival a few weeks ago at […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 47-49
This pretty guest room, which used to be my daughter’s when she lived at home, is a beautiful, serene space with a high ceiling and a tall arched window looking out over the woods and fields to the north of our house. This antique dressing table was a lucky flea market find whose pale aqua […]
