Beaufort, SC Watercolor in Hand•book Watercolor Sketchbook 8.5 x 3.5 inches On my way up to Charlotte, NC, to a business conference with Christine Kane, I stopped by one of my very favorite cities in the south, Beaufort, South Carolina. This sketch was done about 8 in the evening on Saturday and it was still in the mid 90's! Ugh. The humidity was...

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Why is it that fresh fruits seem to taste better when it's so darn hot?! Is it that little bit of coolness or the sweetness or the crunch? Maybe it's the distraction from the heat. Whatever it is, these blueberries were deemed special enough to gain entrance into the sketchbook! Watercolor and Ink in Hand•book Watercolor Sketchbook 8.5 x 3.5 inches Click to...

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An Imaginary Trip to Italy gets underway on Tuesday, August 2nd! That's just a few weeks away. Come and join in the fun, but hurry, there's only a few spaces left! More info HERE. An Imaginary Trip to Paris will be leaving on Tuesday, September 6th! Breakfast, gardens, castles, strolling down the side streets to take in the sights and sounds....come join the...

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Various color swatches, palettes and necessary pieces of flotsam and jetsam I recently had lunch with Kathy of Catching Happiness, and was describing my very lengthy, messy, all-consuming process of choosing/updating pigments for my palette. She said, "You should have taken a picture!" Well, KJ, this one's for you! These photos were actually taken after the worst was over. I had and still...

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Some days I wonder what I was thinking about when I look back at my sketches because it's obvious I was not thinking about what I was sketching! IHOP Coffee Carafe Watercolor and Ink 5 x 5 Inches To continue that yippee-we're-on-vacation!!" feeling that Chris and I found in Gulfport (see post here), we decided to go out for breakfast on the 4th of July....

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Yes! Christmas in July! Why? Because if you're like me, you have dreams of creating your own designs at Christmas time every year. You realize on the 18th of December that it's probably NOT going to happen. Again. So this year, I decided to do a MINI Christmas In July class! You can find more information here. It's a 4 week class with...

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Impressions of Gulfport Watercolor and Ink 10 x 7 inches Cachet Watercolor Sketchbook Saturday evening, we met friends Wayne and Myra in Gulfport, Florida for an early dinner. Little did we know it would be a mini vacation! We met at Backfin Blue Cafe for crab cakes and a grouper sandwich before strolling around the little beach community. The cafe is in an...

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