Saturday, February 16, 2013

Port Royal Cypress Wetland Trail

In the town of Port Royal, SC, they recently completed a boardwalk trail surrounding a natural cypress wetland area that is located in the middle of town.

I took my workshop students there to sketch yesterday.  This is my demo page created in an 8.5x11 Stillman and Birn Alpha journal.

Bald Cypress trees remind me of dancing ladies, their wide trunks looking like hoop skirts.  The tree on the right and the Spanish Moss were painted with a large round Pentel waterbrush.  I find that if I load the brush with pigment, then touch the brush to a Bounty paper towel to get excess moisture off, I can achieve a dry brush effect.  The pen sketching was done with a sepia colored 005 Micron pen.

Here is a short video about the wetland.  

8 comments:

  1. Pam, looks like a wonderful place to explore!

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    1. It is a treasure! In another month or so, the rookery will be hopping :)

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  2. Fascinating - the cypress are amazing and you are fortunate to have this special place to visit and sketch. Lucky students . Lots of inspiration ! Thanks for including the video - I watched it and it was very interesting

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    1. Thanks, Alissa! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. While we were sketching it was good to see several people enjoying the boardwalk.

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  3. Fabulous place Pam. Thanks for sharing. You are also doing your part to help preserve by taking your students there.

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    1. I sure hope so, Lisa! My boss, Dr. Chris Marsh, is speaks in the video about the rookery. We have been putting our heads together about using art to get the word out about this treasure :)

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  4. Wonderful video and sketches! Thanks for sharing it with us, and for helping educate the public about this special preserve!

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  5. Thanks, Debo! It's a great place for nature journaling.

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