California Poppies - Splash and Splatter

Journal -- I love doing splash and splatter - even when the composition isn't the best ... here's my "California Poppies"

The Marsh

Journal - The Marsh - added to my journal ... Missing those soft salty breezes on this hot humid day .....

Sunflowers - Splash and Splatter

Journal - Splash and Splatter Sunflowers. This method makes it very challenging to do in a bound journal - thus I will have to staple this small work into my journal.

Lavender Festival - 2017 - Journal

Journal - A small remembrance of lavender from the Lavender Festival last week ....

Hay Field

Journal -- Hay fields and hay bales - it's that time of year again -- I love to document the seasons with the natural events going on ... and so, spring returns, and with it, my beloved hay bales ...

Pink Poppies

Journal - Love poppies of all kinds and colors!

Spring Daisies

Journal - Daisy season -- love how they add brightness to the roadsides!

Purple and White Iris - Journal

Journal - Purple and White Iris - Examples done for my watercolor class

Yellow Fields

Journal - Yellow Fields - This time of year I dash around my county hunting those golden, sunshine-filled fields of mustard and buttercups. I try to capture a few of them for my journal.

Apple Blossoms

Junk/Sketch/Watercolor Journal- Finally getting to post my apple tree blossoms ...

Copper Iris - Journal

My copper iris have bloomed before my purples!

HAPPY EASTER!

HAPPY EASTER!!

Pond at Ledge Creek

Journal - One of the ponds in Ledge Creek Park - filled with duckweed and azolla (a water fern).

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

Found on my walk ....

Wren from the Window

Journal - Last week when I went into the garage to get into my car, I heard a bird, singing like crazy -- and so loudly, I thought s/he might have been trapped in the garage. I looked and looked, but when I glanced out the window, I spotted this Carolina wren singing his heart out --- what a cheery fellow!

Sunset on the Lake - finished painting for my daughter.

At the Nursery

Journal - Looking for more spring color, so visited a local plant nursery - sketched these while there.

Mahonia

Journal - my Mahonia in bloom.

Daphne

Journal - Another see-saw of a week, temps falling to 20F at night, rising to 50F and 60F in the daytime. Sat outside and sketched my Sweet Daphne as it begins to bloom...

Lake at Sunset - Prelim

Journal - a 5 x 7 preliminary painting of a photo my daughter sent - sunset by the lake .... Waiting to hear what size she wants this ....