Journal - Old Brunswick County Courthouse (View from Southport Maritime Museum - Wilmington Urban Sketchers). What another AWESOMELY BEAUTIFUL day -- warm and sunny and bright. Sketched this from a bench on the Maritime Museum's grounds.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Saturday, March 07, 2020
Journal - Village Shop
Journal - The sun finally came out yesterday, and though it was cold, my friend Gwen and I got together to sketch. The wind was whipping cold air, so we sat in the warm car, sun bright, and sketched one of the buildings at Southport's Old Village Shop. I didn't like how mine came out, so I redid it this morning - using my painting from yesterday as a reference, and a soluable ink ballpoint pen and watercolors. I like the look of THESE lines better than the solid lines I tend to do using a permanent pen ...this seems more sketchy to me - and I hope to replicate the line quality more often! (Fingers crossed! LOL)
Thursday, March 05, 2020
Journal - Independence Mall - Wilmington Urban Sketchers
Journal - Independence Mall - Charlies Philly Steaks - Wilmington Urban Sketchers
Tuesday, March 03, 2020
Journal - Daffodils
Journal - Daffodils - Raining again today, but the weekend was sunny and bright. We took a lovely walk downtown, and everywhere we looked, were daffodils, announcing that spring was almost here (those, and the pine pollen! LOL) This is one of two renditions I did - ink and watercolor.
Sunday, March 01, 2020
Travel Journal - Brunswick Squares
Travel Journal - Brunswick, GA - Hanover Square. I was unaware that Brunswick has squares that are similar to those found in Savannah, GA. Unfortunately, only one of these squares, Hanover, is landscaped. My understanding is that the other squares will be landscaped at some point in the future. This is a view of Hanover Square from the road.
Monday, February 24, 2020
Travel Journal - Saucer Magnolia
Travel Journal - Saucer Magnolia - from Bellingrath Gardens, Alabama - Splash and Splatter
Friday, February 21, 2020
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Travel Journal - Tree Spirit
Travel Journal -- Decided to cut our trip short due to all the rain predicted and cold --- simply got tired of the rain ... But we are both grateful for a safe trip, and lots of sightseeing and experiences in those sun and rainfree days ...
From St. Simon's, one of tree spirits .... BTW, this was done while Charles was driving the RV, along the bumpy I-95 section of South Carolina -- and with a waterbrush -- talk about a challenge ... lol
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Travel Journal - Marshland
Travel Journal- So many INCREDIBLE miles of marshland surround Brunswick, St Simon's and Jeckyll Islands! I love how many live oaks share those views.....
Saturday, February 15, 2020
Travel Journal - Bellingrath Gardens
Travel Journal - One of the beautiful water features at Belingrath Gardens, Theodore, AL
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Travel Journal - Dauphine Island PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Saturday, February 08, 2020
Travel Journal - Paynes RV Park
Travel Journal - we left Florida early to try to lessen our drive to New Orleans in the expected storm. Stopped at Payes RV Park in Theodore, Alabama while the wind and rain met us. This is a view out our front window of the pond and wet trees.
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Travel Journal - Torryea State Park
Travel Journal - Bristol, Fl. We were told by the campers next to us that 2 years ago this state park, Torryea, was stunningly beautiful. But in November 2018, the gulf coast, including this Park, was devastated by Hurricane Michael. This sketch was the sunrise view from our RV window showing the remaining and broken trees.
Monday, February 03, 2020
Travel Journal - Way Down Upon the Suwanee River...
Travel Journal - Way Down Upon the Suwanee River...
Sunday, February 02, 2020
Travel Journal - Reedy Creek
Travel Journal- We are in Old Town, FL at a lovely campground on the Suwanee River. Yes, the song has been playing in my head since we got here....lol. There's a beautiful 1500 ft. boardwalk thru the wetlands to the River itself....amazingly peaceful. Another cold front here...folks tell me this has been a most unusual winter.. Colder and rainier.
Haven't had a chance to sketch yet...this sketch is from Reedy Creek...the park we just left.
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Travel Journal - Reedy Creek
Travel Journal - After driving through miles of citrus groves, our camp area at Reedy Creek in the Lake Wales State Forest, is a mix of scrub pines, cabbage palettes, live oaks, and grasses. Very quiet and very different from the lush vegetation of Big Swamp.
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Travel Journal - Splash and Splatter - Oranges
Travel Journal _ One of the types of oranges historically grown in the Brunswick Coastal Botanical Gardens, Savannah, GA - Splash and Splatter
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Monday, January 27, 2020
Travel Journal - Sunrise
Travel Journal - Sunrise from our RV window, McGregor RV Park, Ft. Myers, Fl. Over tops of buildings and other RVs.
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Travel Journal - Pond at Wickham Park
Travel Journal _ One of the many ponds at Wickham RV Park, Melbourne, FL
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Monday, January 20, 2020
Travel Journal - Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden Tower
Travel Journal - Cold front has moved in...and inspite of the on and off again rain, we visited the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Utterly delightful! Once a bamboo farm, today the 46 acre gardens boasts fruit trees that were planted as colonial cash crops, a tea garden, rose garden, iris river, crape myrtle grove, the Kings Holly...growing with a spread like a live oak!, ponds, a bamboo maze and much more. We climbed the tower for a view of the gardens and maze.
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Travel Journal - A quick sketch of one of Savannah's Squares
Travel Journal- A quick sketch of one of Savannah's Squares. We toured the Railroad Museum and indulged ourselves at Leopold's Ice Cream.
Friday, January 17, 2020
Travel Journal-Cartersville Country Winery m.j
Travel Journal....First stop...Cartersville Country Winery...Timmonsville, SC...today...drive to Savannah, GA and meet up with my sister..
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Journal - January 2020 - First Week of January Smallies
Journal - First week of January 2020 Smallies - So hard to believe that I've done these smallies for an entire year - 2019!!! What a joy to view my days in images as well as words .... Began the same process for 2020.
Thursday, January 02, 2020
Wednesday, January 01, 2020
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Travel Journal - Oxford Barn
Travel Journal - We enjoyed our visit over the holidays to Durham and surrounds. Of course, I had to visit some of the barns I love. I've sketched this one many times, but each year, it leans more and more toward the ground, and grow more decrepit ... I feel bad about that ....but glad to have seen it in better shape over the years ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Monday, December 23, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Monday, December 16, 2019
Journal - Holly - Splash and Splatter
Journal - The holly berries around our area have turned bright red -- perfect for the season - Splash and Splatter
Friday, December 13, 2019
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
Monday, December 09, 2019
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Journal - Huttaff Center, Wilmington Urban Sketchers, NC
Journal - Urban Sketchers of Wilmington - Huttaff Center, New Hanover County Arboretum
Tuesday, December 03, 2019
Journal - Persimmons - Splash and Splatter
Journal - Splash and Splatter - Inspired by the season's persimmons.
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