Monday, December 31, 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Journal - Wishing everyone a most prosperous, creative, health-filled, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Sunday, December 30, 2018

Saturday, December 29, 2018

Camellia


Journal - Camellias - My camellia shrubs are almost behind our home so I often miss their blooming. Not this time though ..!

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Oranges - Splash and Splatter


Journal - Splash and Splatter Oranges - 'Tis the season for a lot of Vitamin C ....

Monday, December 24, 2018

Saturday, December 22, 2018

Friday, December 21, 2018

Monday, December 17, 2018

Saturday, December 15, 2018

Journal - Winter Gift- Snow


Journal - #Sketchwithme - The Gift - Snow

Snow is a rarity where I live, so when it does come - to me, it comes as a gift. Oh, not for the cold, the traffic problems, the closed businesses -- but for the hush it brings to the area - that quietness that engenders a 'coziness" that rain never does. Snow brings its own indoor warmth, a relaxing, an "I don't have to do anything" kind of thing (at least to me), that rain and sun rarely do. It brings a white innocence to the landscape, marking each footprint a mystery, birds on the bird feeder a welcome excitement, and that cup of tea, coffee or hot chocolate a delicious luxury.

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Journal - Winter Poppies


Journal - Winter Poppies - a splash and splatter from my imagination ...

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Sunday, December 09, 2018

Journal - Poinsettia


Journal - A quick sketch of the poinsettia my storage company generously gave us ...

Friday, December 07, 2018

Katy


Journal - While at Panera Bread sketching, Katy sat across from the group sketching US ... I turned the tables and attempted to sketch HER! LOL But I do wish Panera would offer gluten free options. I had to bring my own GF cookies to go with my Panera tea.

Saturday, December 01, 2018

Journal - Salad


Journal - Lunch - On the last sketch meet up of the Cape Fear Sketchers, Maria challenged us to paint our lunches ...so we all took photos and went home to paint.

I had a salad and sweet potato fries -- here is my salad ...

Friday, November 30, 2018

Journal - Sweet Potato Fries



Journal - Lunch - On the last sketch meet up of the Cape Fear Sketchers, Maria challenged us to paint our lunches ...so we all took photos and went home to paint.

I had a salad and sweet potato fries -- here are my fries ...

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Journal Still Life - Floral


Journal - #Urbansketcherscapefear sketchers. Today's work at our paint-out at the New Hanover Library...

Journal - Mailbox and Doll


Journal - #Urbansketcherscapefear sketchers. Today's work at our paint-out at the New Hanover Library...

Sunday, November 25, 2018

Journal - Grateful - Time with My Children and Nature


Journal - Gratitude - Time with my children and nature - This is from a bouquet on my dear daughter's table ... I'm so grateful too for nature - flowers, trees, butterflies, sunshine, and the joy and peace nature brings ....

Saturday, November 24, 2018

Grateful - Coffee


Journal - Deeply grateful for the BIG things - family, friends, home, five senses, love, freedom; and too, for the LITTLE things that make life so sweet -- Like a timer on my coffee maker and that first cup of coffee in the quiet breaking of the dawn.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

A Walk in the Snow


Journal -- It's overcast and rainy today .. When the days get so dreary, despite how warm it may be, my imagination turns to snow ... I sketched this from my imagination (no snow in the near future here at the coast ... LOL)

Friday, November 16, 2018

Hay Bales


Journal - Hay bales -- I recently took a trip back to Oxford - got to see some colored leaves, my beloved barns -- but the hay bales were all out of the fields. I miss them -- so found a photo I took long ago and painted what I couldn't find while back to my old hometown ...

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Journal - Urban Sketchers - Cape Fear Sketchers - New Hanover Arboretum


Journal - Sketching with the Urban Sketchers - Cape Fear Sketchers - in cool weather and overcast (sometimes sunny) skies at New Hanover Arboretum ... I sat outside the Children's Garden and loved their cheerful displays ...

Journal - Urban Sketchers - Cape Fear Sketchers - New Hanover Arboretum


Journal - Sketching with the Urban Sketchers - Cape Fear Sketchers - in cool weather and overcast (sometimes sunny) skies at New Hanover Arboretum ... I sat outside the Children's Garden and loved their cheerful displays ...

Oak Island - Fruit


Journal - Another damp, gloomy day on the beach -- so several of us painted a still life of our fruit ...

Monday, November 12, 2018

Dreary Day - Oak Island, NC


Journal - One of the days on the beach was particularly dreary - we still took a walk, collected seashells, and worked on puzzles ---

Saturday, November 10, 2018

Sunrise - Oak Island, NC


Journal - Spend a fabulous week with my friends from Raleigh at a beach front house on Oak Island. We painted, walked, ate, did puzzles, and simply enjoyed our time together. Here is one of the sunrises we witnessed ...

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Bethel Baptist Church


Journal - An overcast day filled with chores - I've wanted to sketch this church since I ride my bike in their parking lot, but when the sun shines, there is no shade to sit beneath. But yesterday, with the sun hidden, I was finally able to get in a sketch..

Friday, October 26, 2018

The Shed


Journal - Sketching my neighbors shed and plants from my window...

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Hospice Gardens Waterfalls


Painted with the Cape Fear Sketchers.  Hospice Gardens were absolutely beautiful - so serene, quiet, peaceful.  Added to that, a great group to sketch with and a fabulous fall day.

Hospice Gardens Bridge - Wilmington, NC


Sketched with the Cape Fear Sketchers.  A glorious day and wonderful group to sketch with.  Gardens so serene and peaceful.

Another Southport House


Sketching this house from the parking lot across the street.

Pumpkins at the Garden Center


LOVED all the pumpkin displays at our garden center.  Wonderfully fall-feeling.

Ft. Fisher


Another sketch with the Cape Fear Sketchers at Ft. Fisher the day before Hurricane Michael. Cloudy, cool and windy.

Fort Fisher


Sketching with the Cape Fear Skechers at Ft. Fisher the day before Hurricane Michael.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Indoshine Gardens


Journal - A while back a friend and I stopped at Indochine Restaurant and took some photos and sketched a bit ... Fabulous Gardens ...!

Wednesday, October 03, 2018

By Franklin Square Park, Southport, NC


Journal - So good to get a bit of normalcy in our routines. Sketched in Southport with Katie, Elizabeth and Chris. Sat by Franklin Square Park and sketched the house across from the corner. Piles of debris still line the streets, detours everywhere, sinkholes with barricades, and more. But slowly things are returning to normal - there are ways around the streets, trees still have leaves on most of them, and sketching with friends reminds us that things are being repaired. We chatted about those far less fortunate, where donations can still be made, and reminded one another that this recovery is still going on. ...

Monday, October 01, 2018

Savannah GA City Hall Dome



Journal - Another sketch from our evacuation time in Savannah - City Hall dome ...

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Morel House, Savannah, GA



Journal - Sketching in Savannah with my fellow evacuee, Gwen - The Morel House ...

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Richmond HIlls, Georgia


Journal - Life is slowly getting back to normal after Hurricane Florence. There's still a lot of destruction, families displaced, homes still flooded ... Art often can help with relieving the stress and worries, and focus, for a while, on something more pleasant.

While evacuated, I spent some time with my daughter and her family, and then a few days in Savannah Georgia. There I met up with fellow evacuee and friend, Gwen. We spent a good part of one day sketching Savannah. On another day, my husband and I visited Richmond Hills - The Henry Ford Museum and JF Gregory Park for a 3 mile old rice canal walk. Here's the sketch from the day in Richmond Hills - some sketched on site, most afterwards. I may eventually add color to this page - but the sketching was a lot of fun and relieved a lot of anxiety.

We are home, safe, sound and doing well ... Grateful to have been spared the worst of Florence.

Sunday, September 09, 2018

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Greenfield Park, Wilmington, NC



Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers - Enjoyed sketching at Greenfield Park today -- The sun was in and out all day - clouds made it comfortable sketching ...


Cleaning


Journal - What do you paint when you're stumped? Your day!

Monday, September 03, 2018

Sunday, September 02, 2018

Another Southport House





Journal - Another Southport House. After lunch my friend Gwen and I sat and sketched another house in Southport. We found some shade, but by the time we sketched the complex ins and outs of the front of the home, the temps had reached over 90 degrees and we were very hot. So, this was sketched on site, inked and painted at home.