The month of November usually conjures up images in my mind of dreary grey days, sodden brown leaves, wind, rain and sleet, but this year was different. As autumn gave way to wintry November, I found myself flying off to California for a 5-day workshop with a great group of painters. Happy painters at the […]
Tag: Sketches
Road Trip Ramblings (Step-by-Step)
My mother turned 90 a few weeks ago, and we celebrated with a girls’ getaway to Smith Mountain Lake, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. My sister, daughter, and niece all joined me and my mom for four days of birthday merriment. My daughter, Sara, and mother, Saundra But we didn’t wait until we […]
Rocky Maine Beaches
The Schoodic Peninsula is the only part of Acadia National Park that’s on the mainland. It’s famous for rocky cliffs and crashing waves, but on the day we visited in June, the tide was on its way out and things were fairly calm. It was still beautiful. I mean, how can you complain about a […]
Summer Days
We’re all packed up and ready to head out for a weekend camping trip with the grandkids this morning, but I wanted to post one more Maine sketch before I go…… Ink & watercolor in an 8-1/4″ x 5-3/4″ Etchr Perfect Sketchbook I can’t remember a time when I’ve felt more content than I did […]
Perry’s Lobster Shack
A lobster shack is a humble, oftentimes rough-and-tumble establishment located close to the water which serves fresh-cooked lobster and often a variety of other seafood. Lobster shacks offer no-frills dining with a sea view and food that was pulled from the sea just hours before it lands on your plate. They’re an essential part of […]
To Know ME is to Love ME
To know ME is to love ME. (ME as in the state of MAINE, that is!) The Schoodic Peninsula, Winterport, Maine Ah, Maine! That dreamy place where I cast aside all my cares, to-do lists, and obligations and just relax and absorb the wonder of it all. Merryspring Gardens, Camden, Maine We just returned from […]
Biding Their Time…
Do you remember the beautiful gardens I had at Summerhill? I do. I’m reminded of them every day when I look out the windows of our new house and see nothing but a sea of mud in every direction. The contrast to the views I had last spring is hard to ignore. I remember the […]
Floral Watercolor Monograms – Part 2
In my last post, I showed you the floral monograms and cards I made for my sister and mother for Christmas. For the past several days, I’ve been putting together a tutorial for you about the process I used to create the monograms and print the cards at home. I’ve taken pictures, scanned images, edited […]
Step-by-Step Watercolor: Blackwater River Sketch
It was the final afternoon of my painting getaway at Canaan Valley and I had gone for a short hike with my friends Jane and Elaine to stretch our legs and grab one final sketch before the sun set. We found a beautiful spot beside the river, quickly set up our stools, and got out our art gear.
Sketches from Oak Island
We take a family beach vacation every year, with kids, parents, aunts, uncles, and grandparents all sharing a house and spending long days together hanging out at the beach. But this year, for the first time, Fred and I had a chance to spend a second week at Oak Island, NC, later in the year, […]
