Recent Posts Tagged With 'watercolor'

• The Beauty of November\'s Berries

  Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 13:05 in watercolor, sketchbook, Autumn, american robin, dogwood, beauty berry

  Covered with berries and leaves earlier in the month, the Dogwoods in my yard are now bare of both. (Click images to enlarge.)All that remains are their upreaching limbs and tiny white buds, reminders of the crowd of birds, especially the robins, tha...

• Of Monarchs and Milkweed

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 21:00 in watercolor, sketchbook, butterflies, meadows, ijams nature center

  In this second post about my visit to the meadow at Ijams Nature Center, I'm celebrating the Monarch I encountered at the end of my journey. Her timing was delightful. I watched for a while, as she sipped nectar, landed on milkweed leaves, sipped mor...

• The Hawk’s Eye

  Posted on Tuesday April 7th, 2009 at 23:05 in watercolor, sketchbook, red-shouldered hawks

  …and beak, the angle of his throat, the top line of the head and neck as it meets the shoulder, all of these make up the impression we know as hawk. The fact that I admire a subject and spend time observing it gives me a deeper connection for maki...

• A Beach-y Day

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 11:29 in watercolor, sketching, golden-crowned kinglet

  When I opened the window this morning, while sipping coffee, I had the sensation I was at the beach. Unlike many other parts of the country, our weather in the TN valley has slipped back into moderate temperatures, 60's (F) in the day and 40's at nig...

• Wordless Wednesday

  Posted on Wednesday December 17th, 2008 at 13:52 in watercolor, trees

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• Ultralight Migration Moves into Alabama

  Posted on Saturday December 13th, 2008 at 10:16 in watercolor, whooping crane ultralight migration

  After spending a week in west Tennessee, the 2008 class of ultralight trained whooping cranes has finally moved into Alabama. With the change in Operation Migration's southerly migration route, this marks their first journey through the state of Alab...

• Sketching Practice

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 08:00 in art, watercolor, practice, sketching, american robin, ruby-crowned kinglet

  When I go to visit my favorite art instructor in New York, Ann K. Lindsay, I am reminded of how actively my "critical mind" comments on my painting efforts. It makes me sigh sometimes, wondering if this will ever lessen. Ann says its always with us. ...

• Watercolor Practice—Trees

  Posted on Friday August 29th, 2008 at 06:15 in watercolor, sketchbook, practice

  A friend of mine asked me, "what do you have after a week-long painting workshop? Did you come back with paintings?" I laughed. "No, no new paintings, just lots of fundamentals and practice." Getting familiar with the paints, the combining of colors...

• Sunlit Tree

  Posted on Monday August 25th, 2008 at 07:47 in inspiration, Nature, watercolor

  I always come back from a watercolor workshop ‘seeing’ differently. When you are playing with paint, reacquainting yourself with the pigments and water and how they interact, you are simultaneously looking more deeply into the subjects you paint...

• Back to Watercolor

  Posted on Friday August 15th, 2008 at 06:51 in creativity, watercolor

  Having devoted the earlier months of this year to finishing my novel, I have neglected painting and sorely miss it.So, I’m treating myself to a week with Ann K Lindsay and catching up with art friends at a cozy B&B in New England. This is like ...

• New Mexico Travel Sketchbook

  Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 04:20 in Nature, watercolor, new mexico, sketching

  My recent trip to New Mexico was pimarily focused on writing, but I also spent some time enjoying the area history and culture. Sketching is a fun way to slow things down and experience more deeply. The Inn on the Santa Fe trail is located in Las Ve...