Large Snail Studies (step by step)
I’ve been studying my snail Cuthbert, and really learning a lot of interesting facts. I know they’re slimy, strange little…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
“Time in a Field in England” June 12, 2010
This morning was sunny so I headed up the country lane to walk above the little village of Edlingham in…
More Snail Studies, “Cuthbert Grows!”
Well my snail has been named as I said before, “Cuthbert”, after St. Cuthbert the patron Saint of Northumberland. I…
“Blackbird Study” on May 28, 2010
Today, though it is sad, I did a watercolor study of a blackbird female that died after flying into our…
“I Made Friends with a Snail!” May 22, 2010
Today is a tale of meeting a snail, hmm…I feel a poem coming on…maybe later. We went to Alnmouth and…
“Walk at Alnmouth, England” May 19, 2010
Today we had such a great walk that we really didn’t expect. The weather turned out nice in the late…
“Edlingham Castle” (work in progress)
I wanted to share some work in progress with you on a little painting I’m doing of Edlingham castle. It…
“Ingram Valley” May 15, 2010
Come with me on a walk up into the Ingram Valley in Northumberland England, land of unending vistas and wildlife.…
“View of Cheviots and Rothbury” May 9,2010
This evening we went for a drive up towards Beanly Moor which looks over a gorgeous valley with the Cheviot…
“My Journey Begins…Slowly” May 2010
MAY 3, 2010 Well as the title says, my adventure to England started slowly. I got to the Buffalo airport…
“Common Looper Moth” 4-30-10
Well at first I was going to call this post “Little Brown Moth” as I couldn’t guess what kind it…
“A Glorious Spring Morning” 4-23-10
Come walk with me on my Spring morning hike at Long Lane Farm! Below is the first page in my…