A New Sketchbook!
My New Sketchbook! (please click pictures for clearer view) Sometimes you just need a new sketchbook. A fresh start along a new path. Something that allows you to jot down all your creative ideas, no matter how small. I’ve put…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Category Creative Journaling
All my journal pages that have sketches, paintings and writing. This includes all Nature Journaling entries and what I consider “Creative Journaling”; which includes more use of borders, lettering, design elements, poetry, collage and just expressive pages.
“The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth
With Spring making it’s appearance I thought it a good time to remember the beautiful poem by William Wordsworth, one of England’s most famous and loved poets. He wrote this poem inspired by a walk on April 15 by Lake…
Spring Walk, Nature Notes and Poems
It’s been weeks since I’ve been out in the field sketching, and now that I’ve been out I feel renewed! I guess that’s how we should feel in Spring. I put on my Wellies or “Mud Boots” grabbed my sketch…
“A Winter Birds Nest”
Today was cold, oh so cold but SUNNY!, and that makes all the difference in the world. It’s been a long while since I’ve sketched in the field (or while walking) since coming home from England. I wore my mud…
“There is Dawn” (Sept.19, 2011)
Today I stepped outside quite early, before the sun was up in fact. I took my sketch journal, waterbrush, watercolor pencils and ink pen and left the camera behind (but not Ginger of course). I sat on the edge of…
Coffee Stain Moth and Arthur Rackham
This moth is a little watercolor painting I did on coffee stained paper (click it to see it larger and clearer). Using instant coffee to stain your paper is something I taught in my Creative Journaling class. It’s great to…
Visit with a Friend (black and white studies)
(Please click on the pictures to see them clearer, use the back button to return) I had a chance to visit with my friend Nancy the other day and we sat on her back deck to do some sketching. We…
Crocus Geometer Moth
In the morning when I let Ginger (my dog) out the back door for her morning wee, I always survey the screen porch to see if any visitors of the mothy type, have overstayed their visit. I used to leave…
Beautiful Wood-nymph Moth / June 2011
(Click on any picture to see larger, picture links at the end of the post go to my shop, enjoy!) As your family and friends get to know how much you love to study new bugs and things, they will…
Carpenter Bees!
You know there are interesting things all around us to discover, some are right under our noses…or under our eaves! I have known about Carpenter Bees but never paid them much attention, until this year. I caught one and started…