“Wandering by the Niagara River” July 25, 2008
Well, it’s time to play ‘catch up’, this is from July, but better late than never! If you click on the pictures you’ll see an enlarged view, where you can read my notes. I did these two pages in my…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Category Plants – Flowers + Trees
“Hot Painting Day in July” 7-10-08
It was a very hot day when I decided to scoot outside to do a quick little painting. I used my a square sketchpad because it’s a fun change. The painting is only 5″x5″ big. I first sketched with a…
“Allegany Nature Pilgrimage” (Wildflowers) May 30, 2008
Well where to begin? This is a very late entry about my weekend at the Allegany Nature Pilgrimage, May 30, 31, June 1, 2008. I wanted to make sure I share it with you because it was such a fantastically…
“Iroquois Nature Refuge” 5-25-08
It’s a gorgeous day! 65-70 degrees, sunny and breezy. The first journal page is done with watercolor pencils and a waterbrush…I found it hard to get the greens I wanted.A gorgeous bird, the Black Tern; I took so many pictures…
“Reinstein Woods” 5-23-08
This is about the morning I spent at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve in Cheektowaga, NY. It’s from back in May, but I wanted to put it up to keep my posts in order. The very first thing I saw, well…
“Dandelions for Mother’s Day” 5-11-08
It was mother’s day and gorgeous…I had a chance to go out and just sit in the soft spring grass and draw. So I thought I’d just play with a non permanent ink pen and a waterbrush to do a…
“May Hike on My Land” 5-7-08
This post, and the next few from me, are being put up late…but I wanted to keep the hikes I took in sequence….more exciting things coming soon! I couldn’t resist starting off with Ginger coming up the lane…it’s so green…
“Bluebirds and Yellowflowers” 4-23-08
Today I’ve uploading my sketchbook pages that I did the other day (4-23-08). It was my first day going outside to draw since my car accident…what a great day to be out there! I got to observe the bluebirds trying…
“Clarence Nature Center and Escarpment” 3-3-08
Today after my trip to the pet shop…it was so gorgeous I had to swing by the Clarence Nature Center and then the Clarence Escarpment. The temperatures climbed to an unseasonable 63degrees or more. I had a hard time finding…
“10 degrees Means Quick Sketches!”
Well, as you gather from my title, it is cold outside today! The past two days it’s been in the ‘teens’…today only 10 degrees F. But it’s been awhile since I did some outdoor observations so I threw my little…