Simple line drawing of a stone jetty at our favorite local beach – Little Harbor in Wareham, Massachusetts. This sketch is from a photograph and was completed with a Lamy Safari fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A couple of quick sketches of some of the flowers that we have in our garden. They are all perennials and the Lupines and Bleeding Hearts are new this year. Lamy fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Dinner tonight at the Osteria La Civetta on Main Street in Falmouth, Massachusetts on Cape Cod. A wonderful Italian restaurant with the feel of a small café in Italy. Family owned and wonderful food. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Tonight we attended our final dance recital for our Niece and Nephew. This is a copy of the cover art that was on the program. We have attended for 21 years and it has been an amazing experience with all of the talent displayed by all of the kids. Our niece started and attended for 15 years overlapping with our nephew for 15 years. Excellent ability and poise. Our niece danced with the alumni. Our nephew did both dance and gymnastics and in the final recital, he danced in 8 numbers, 3 solo. We will see more of his talent in that he will minor in dance in college. Lamy fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
This fishing boar pulled into the dock in Falmouth Harbor in Cape Cod when we were waiting to go to dinner. The boat pulled in and unloaded to a waiting truck (The Clam Man) and was heading back out to sea in about 5 minutes. I love working boats and this was a quick sketch using my Lamy fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A second quick watercolor study of Nectarines. This study was done with some simple pencil ink work and shading with the fountain pen and my travel palette containing Holbein watercolors in a Stillman and Birn Beta sketchbook.
A quick sketch of part of our fireplace mantel before dinner. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black Ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Dinner at the Pearl on Wellfleet Harbor. Pearl’s building is a unique combination of old historical Cape Cod meets modern restaurant design. The heart of the structure is the peaked roof, visible over the open air kitchen. This structure was the original A frame of the famous Spit & Chatter Club which initially sat across Commercial St. from the current location. It was moved to the current site and redesigned into the well known Captain Higgins restaurant. Pearl’s design enclosed the peak from the outside, while leaving it visible when viewing up from around or in the new open kitchen. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s black ink and Faber-Castell Art pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
While sitting at the bar for dinner at The Pearl in Wellfleet, Massachusetts on Cape Cod, this was the view across the marsh. The not descript building has a lobster sign on the railing and a fish sign on the wall. This is the Wellfleet Marine Corporation that was founded in 1964 as a modest tackle and boat rental shop on the town pier. It now has 2 boatyards, gift shop, fish market and still the tackle and boat rentals. Pilot Falcon fountain pen with Noodler’s Black Ink in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
The Fort Hill area of Eastham, Massachusetts on Cape Cod is a beautiful rolling field overlooking the ocean that explodes with colorful wild flowers in late spring and early summer. On this day, the first bloomers are the Lupines in a compact area just off of the trail. Lupines have soft green to grey-green leaves which may be coated in silvery hairs, often densely so. The leaf blades are usually palmately divided into five to 28 leaflets. The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower 1–2 cm long. The pea-like flowers have an upper standard, or banner, two lateral wings, and two lower petals fused into a keel. The flower shape has inspired common names such as bluebonnets and Quaker bonnets. Holbein watercolors with Lukas gouache and Faber-Castell Art Pens in a Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
A SKETCHBOOK ODYSSEY 