Railroad Museum, Wilmington, NC

Journal - Sketch from the Railroad Museum, Wilmington, NC. A bit of the engine from a rather poor vantage point -- but in the SHADE!! LOL And a quick sketch of some of the railroad hats (done only in pencil).

Revisting Italy

Journal - Fond Memories of my Italy travels ....

Marsh and Morning Glories

Journal - My second sketch yesterday from the Marsh Walk, Southport, NC. We found so many beautifully blooming morning glories on the way to the pavilion... so I tried to add some of these flowers (which were not in our sight) to the view we had of the marsh.

R. Dosher House Southport, NC

Today was a glorious day - low humidity, cooler temps, a soothing breeze.  My friend Gwen and I sat outside this historic house in Southport and did our best to try to capture its amazing charm.

Loggerhead

Journal - Loggerhead

Greenfield Park - Lin Frye

Journal - Greenfield Park, Wilmington, NC - Sat sketching the lake from the shaded pergola - even noticed the eyes of an alligator and lots of turtle heads in the water ....

Pink Grapes

Journal - preparing for my September class ...

Journal - Another Gnome

Last of my little gnomes ...

Dock at Riverwalk Park

Journal - Sketch of the Riverwalk Park Dock - painted at the Cape Fear Sketchers paint-out.

Fountain at Riverwalk Park

Journal - Sketched yesterday at Riverwalk Park, Belleville, NC with Cape Fear Sketchers

Journal - Brown Pelican

Journal - A brown pelican.

Journal Gnome Place Like Airline Gnome

Journal - Gnome Place Like Airlie Gnome - Putting Paint to Sketch. Sketched on location, painted later

Journal - More rain --- sigh --- more splash and splatter (literally and figuratively)

Journal  - More rain --- sigh --- more splash and splatter (literally and figuratively)

Keeping It Light on Yet Another Rainy Day

Journal - Another heavy-rain day, flooding in the area, thunder, lightning .... sigh .. Keeping it light despite the dark weather ... modified from a lesson by Andy Geeson

Splashing On a Rainy Day

Journal - We're starting yet another -- sigh -- week of rain --- ground is saturated and by now so are much of our spirits ... every once in a while, we'll get a few hours of patchy sun, but rain continues in this unseasonable weather pattern we're in. Feeling wet and soggy myself, I decided to just splash around in my paints - and leave some of the rain outdoors ...

SKETCHING AT THE RV PAVILION

Journal - A few friends joined me to sketch objects brought from home and some nature items. We sat at the RV Pavilion - had a lovely breeze from the fans and a great time ...

RAIN!!

Journal - Our scheduled Sketch trip to Wilmington was canceled today due to severe storms and flooded roads. So I staged my own sketching session as an "Ode" to the days and days of rain -- my boots and husband's large umbrella.

Marsh

Though I now live at the beach, my favorite place is on the 'backside' -- the gold and emerald Marsh ...

Purple Coneflower

Journal - Purple Coneflowers

Southport, NC Marina

Journal - Sketched this morning at the Southport Marina - beautiful breeze despite the high heat ..

Purple Splash and Splatter

Journal - Playing with splashing and splattering again ... from imagination ...

My Herbs

Journal - Sketching the herbs I have growing in my Southport home.

Orange-Flowered Splash and Splatter

Journal - Playing with paint - An Orange Flowered Splash and Splatter

Oak Island Lighthouse

Journal - I'm using the Cheap Joe's Kilamanjaro Black Travel Journal and really love the paper and it fits nicely in my smallish art bag -- it reminds me of Arches #140CP - but the watercolor journal has 25 pages and easily takes watercolor on both sides -- Love it for watercolor journaling!

A sketch of the Oak Island Lighthouse ... NC ...

Water Boarders

Journal - From a photo taken during our Marsh Walk - Water Boarders ...

Journal - More from our Marsh Walk

Waves

Journal - Living now so close to the beach, it seems painting waves is the least I can do .... lol

Marsh Walk

Journal - Sketched from the Marsh Walk, Southport NC

Daylily

Journal - A daylily from my neighbor's garden.

Journal - Blue Heron

Journal - Sketching subjects from our new home (photo reference from Val Web)....

Sunflowers

Journal - Visited the Shallotte NC Market last week and came home with the most amazing bunch of sunflowers -- Had to put paint to paper ....!

Oleander

Journal - Oleander. I spotted these flowers on a long, warm, breezed-filled walk in downtown Southport. I remembered them from my time in South Carolina ... but didn't really notice the many petals of this sweet flowering shrub until I painted them.

Dog Roses

Journal - Dog Roses

Loggerhead Turtle

Journal - Working on Loggerhead turtles.

Journal - my favorite page from Leslie Fehling's Workshop.

Journal - Summary of a weeklong workshop with Leslie Fehling

Journal - Something from Home

Finally moved and settled into our new home in Southport, N.C.  This is from a workshop with Leslie Fehling in a Stillman and Birn Beta Notebook.  The assignment was 'Something from home."

Azaleas

Journal - Azaleas all abloom in Southport, NC ...

HAPPY EASTER!

Wishing you a joyous and blessed Easter!

Wishing for Spring!

Journal - wishing for spring ... two brief snowfalls in one week .. enough!

Pen and Wash Birch

Journal - working on my pen and wash class in April...

Steps and Flowers

Yesterday's demo for my watercolor class...

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Spring Bouquet with Butterfly Vase

Journal - Working on a new technique using last year's spring bouquet.

Yellow Flowers and Blue Vase

Journal - Needing a bit of color after all the snow and ice ...

Demo from my "Winter Greys" class

Demo from my "Winter Greys" class

Flowers and Blue Vase

Journal - Modified flowers and vase from a tutorial by Andrew Geeson ...

Marsh - Coastal River, RV Park, Beaufort, NC

Journal - The Marsh - a view from our RV at Coastal River RV Park, Beaufort, NC

Sunset - Coastal River RV Park

The sunset that greeted us our first night at Coastal River RV Park, Beaufort, NC. (Journal)