Sunday afternoon at the beach… 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Lexington Gray ink and watercolor Having done three pages of beach scenes, I decided to try something a little different … 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, Lexington Gray ink and watercolor … my grandson playing in his inflatable pool on the deck, and granddaughter, Lilly, helping him make “soup” […]
Category: Travel
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 63-64
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 […]
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 41-42
Working in my sketchbook every day this summer has given me an opportunity to try out lots of different page layouts and text styles. It’s made me realize that, by taking a few minutes to think and plan before I draw, I can make a much more interesting page. Leafing through my sketchbook now, you […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 38-40
I’ve been finishing up the watercolor on some of my sketches from Smith Mountain Lake, since there just wasn’t time to do it all while I was there. I always kind of enjoy working on vacation sketches after I’m back home. It’s a nice way to keep the memories fresh. Here’s a view of the […]
75 Day Sketch Challenge: Days 34-37
There’s nothing like spending time with your girlfriends. Relaxing, laughing, shopping, eating – it’s the best kind of therapy. And if that girl time is spent at a beautiful house on the shores of a lake, so much the better! All sketches are 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, watercolor and ink Last week, my sister and I […]
Listening to That Little Voice
My last few posts were all about the sketches I did when my husband and I took a short trip to Pensacola Beach, Florida. Well, after I wrote that last post, I took one final look at my Pensacola sketchbook, closed it, and put it on a shelf with all the others. But something kept […]
Sunshine Getaway, Days 3-4
Wrapping up our trip to Pensacola … Here’s the sketch I mentioned yesterday, drawn when we had lunch at a restaurant overlooking the harbor. Watercolor, pen & ink, 6″ x 9″ It was the most delicious meal I had on the trip. Simply delectable! Detail The next morning we went exploring and drove east on […]
Sunshine Getaway, Day 2
Our visit to Pensacola, Florida, continued… Since my husband, Fred, is a pilot, we had to keep our priorities straight and visit the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola Naval Air Station our first morning in town. Usually I get bored with airplanes after about fifteen minutes, but this musem was really great. They […]
Sunshine Getaway, Day 1
I can’t complain about the winter we’ve had so far this year, but still, I’m not one to pass up a chance to head south for some warm weather and fun in the sun. Fred and I wanted to get away for a few days to celebrate our 35th anniversary and found a good deal […]
