Rob and I took advantage of the glorious day and took the golf cart up to the golf course. He chose to hit golf balls at the range, I took a walk along the boardwalk trail with journal, camera and bins in tote. My quest was to draw the Highbush Blueberry I’d seen when walking […]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Happy Spring!
How’s this for a roost? (click to enlarge) This is Rookery Island in Sun City, Hilton Head and is right inside the main gate. Soon it will turn from a roost into a full fledged rookery with nests filled with Egrets and Herons. All winter long, the trees look like this. This evening, the majority […]
Crepuscular Delights
They’re back! Spotted my first Swallow-tailed Kite this evening about 7 p.m. It’s such a beautiful raptor. So graceful in flight. Other treats this evening included a huge flock of White Ibis flying over, a Great Egret perched on a tree along the board walk trail, and….. a Barred Owl in flight. Since we moved […]
Dragonfly!
Spring is popping all over the place 🙂 Today’s dog walk on and around the boardwalk yielded lots of sights. In just the last couple of days, a lot more tree species are starting to pop. The bare deciduous landscape is now dotted with splashes of bright yellow green, grass green, mineral green, pink and […]
Monday visit to Sea Pine Forest Preserve
My anticipated February visit to SPFP finally came to be…. a month late, but we got there! I was wondering how the landscape would compare to past February and early March journal entries. Nature seemed to be in order. The red maples were starting to pop and I saw the wildflower ‘Innocence’ Houstonia procumbensin bloom. […]
General’s Sketch & Wash Pencil
Another favorite tool in my pencil case is General’s Sketch & Wash Pencil. It’s water-soluble graphite. I enjoy it, as up to this point in time, I don’t have the patience to create shaded pencil studies. I do love working in black and white. You can concentrate on tones versus color and in the end, […]