“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 explored all around the dunes and on the beach. As we walked between the great high dunes to reach the…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Tag Outdoor Nature Sketching + Painting
“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 day as we drove to Alnmouth on the Northumberland coast just north of Warkworth Castle. I wasn’t expecting to go…
“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 was built in the early 12th C by the Normans, it’s in Northumberland and I can walk to it everyday…
“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. I know that sounds ‘corny’ but its true, Northumberland is so beautiful and wild. As Gary and I began our…
“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 mountains in the background. You can park your car on the side of the road here and just walk up…
“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 in plenty of time, even after dropping my favorite polar fleece jacket in the hall and having to retrace my…
“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 was. Have a look at my sketches below and then read about how I figured out what it was. The…
“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 small field sketchbook from today, I’ll type what it says below in case my handwriting is hard to read! (Click…
“Looking Back” April-18-2010
There’s nothing prettier than a field in springtime. Today I took a walk with Ginger out back…up very wet lanes and through my field with water in all the low spots and ditches. There are dandelions coming up and tiny…
“Fuzzy Buds and Spring Peepers” 3-20-10
Many birds were calling today but it was hard to see much on this cold day; I’m sure if I stopped to dig around in the leaves I would have found more life, but we mostly walked today or ‘slogged’.…