Gifts from the sea

These are the beautiful shells I found on the beach in Clearwater Beach Florida. They are truly gifts from the sea, I wish I had brought back a few more with me.

Vacation in St Pete's

I think the most amazing thing about St Petersburg in Florida is the clouds,,,they are amazing. They bring on sudden thunder storms and you can get caught in a storm before you know it.

The beaches have sand as white as I have ever seen! This is in Clearwater which is about 30 minutes from St Petersburg.

And, of course there is always time for working in my journal!

Leaving on a jet plane...

It's a lovely time of year to go on vacation, so I am off to Florida to spend time with BF.  I take my art supplies with me where ever I go.  It is a little cramped on the plane to do any painting but I did manage to work with my artist journal, watercolors, markers and pens.  Since we are so restricted with what we can bring on airlines, I will share with you what supplies I brought.  The first most important supply is my "Peerless Water Color" tablet.  It has sheets of watercolor on paper and you simply wet it and apply on your page.  I also used Derwert Inktense pencils.  You can wet them too with your brush and apply color to your page.  I used various pencils and markers too.  All of this fit in my travel bag,,,,,perfect!