Sketching in Nature

JOURNAL - KATIE'S IRIS - LIN FRYE

Journal - Had a sweet get together at Katie McKendry last week. On her table, she had cut several beautiful iris... here's my interpretation...

HOLIDAY SKETCHING AND STITCHING

My drawing skills need polishing and some spare time on holiday comes in handy. I love to draw what I can see from my sun lounger, But...

JOURNAL - SPLASH AND SPLATTER WISTERIA - LIN FRYE

Journal - Splash and Splatter Wisteria. Some days it's the things I love that I find hardest to paint. It took a few tries to get this...

JOURNAL - BELLAMY MANSION GARDENS, WILMINGTON, NC - LIN FRYE

Journal - Today's sketch with the Cape Fear Sketchers at the Bellamy Mansion Gardens, Wilmington, NC Lin Frye, North Carolina

HOLIDAY SK

Just back from our winter holiday in Tenerife and a few sketches to share, here's the first, a drawing from my sunbed of some plants...

ICELAND POPPIES - LIN FRYE

Journal - I paid a visit yesterday to Shelton Herb Farm in Leland, NC. What a fun place!!! I immediately fell in love with the Iceland...

JOURNAL - WHITE AZALEA - LIN FRYE

Journal - The azaleas are blooming almost everywhere! This is a splash and splatter of a while variety... Lin Frye, North Carolina

SKETCHING IN BOTANICAL GARDEN PARMA .VIOLET

JOURNAL - ASIATIC LILIES - LIN FRYE

Journal - I definitely have spring fever, though the temperatures bounce between those in the 40s and those in the 70s! Still, a trip...

JOURNAL - HELLEBORES - LIN FRYE

Journal - Sketching today with the Cape Fear Sketchers at the New Hanover Public Library. I brought some flowers as did others and...

JOURNAL - TINY DAFFODILS - LIN FRYE

Journal - Tiny Daffodils - This rainy season as weather warms but the sun disappears behind cloudy skies, I HUNGER for color and flowers....

JOURNAL - NEW HANOVER COUNTY ARBORETUM - LIN FRYE

Journal - New Hanover Arboretum. Despite the cool weather and overcast sky, a few friends and I went to the New Hanover Arboretum to...

JOURNAL - SAUCER MAGNOLIA - LIN FRYE

Journal - Inspired by Saucer Magnolia blossoms ...I've seen these along the roadside and Maria and I found a couple just beginning...

JOURNAL - LATIMER HOUSE GARDENS, WILMINGTON, NC

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers at Latimer House - I sat outside in the gardens while the sun was shining -- I wish I had left the background...

DAFFODIL - LIN FRYE

Journal - Wishing Spring would hurry up - We've another weekend and week of rain - sigh .. But it's warm, and the daffodils are up... Lin...

INDIAN TRAIL TREE - SOUTHPORT, NC - LIN FRYE

Journal - Another sketch done plein air on the last warm 'Spring Tease' - The Indian Trail Tree in Southport - marked for the trail...

STUNNING BROWN PATTERNS IN THE CREEPER-VICKIE HENDERSON

We often think of browns and grays as drab colors, especially in the overcast days of winter. But these colors also provide the camouflage...

SOUTHPORT WATERFRONT - LIN FRYE

Journal - An absolutely GLORIOUS day yesterday - near 70F in the early part of January!!! Met my friend Gwen for coffee and a sketch...

SEASHELLS - LIN FRYE

Journal - A splash and splatter approach to my collection of seashells... Lin Frye, Southport, NC

FLOWERING QUINCE - LIN FRYE

Journal - Sketched Katie's Flowering Quince Lin Frye, North Carolina