Tidal Creek, right before the water ran out. A yellow crowned night heron landed on the fallen drift log in the foreground and I tried to paint it in but it basically turned out as a heron-shaped dot. Bald eagles and red tailed hawks soared overhead, an osprey plunged in right behind me and came up with a fat perch, and two alligators floated like innocent dead logs nearby. Spring Island, South Carolina, where I am this very moment, sitting in a twig chair on a screened porch and listening to crickets and night herons squawking in the dark. Pastel on sanded paper, 5″ x 12″.The tide went out like someone pulled the plug, and by turning slightly to the right I caught this version of the same marsh. The yellow crowned night heron stalked across the mudflats to peer into the little channel, looking for a stranded flounder or maybe a fiddler crab. Spring Island, South Carolina. This week and next I’m teaching pastel classes in this beautiful place. This is pastel on sanded paper, measurements approximately 14″ x 12″The tide poured back into the marsh before the sun went down. This is at a spot called Palmetto Point. Very flat. The muddy bottom was dry when I started and when I finished, the water was up to the treeline. Not because I paint that slow, but just because the water came in really, really fast. Pastel on sanded paper, approximately 14″ x 12″.
Drawing The Motmot 
You’re so good! Don’t know what to say anymore. It’s all awesome.
so so beautiful!
Hi Debby,
How does one find out about your classes in the future? Any thoughts of doing one on drawing birds?
I would love to take classes with you!
Love your colors, Deb. You really nailed it — again. And ditto on a class on drawing birds.
Geez. These are freakin’ gorgeous.
Lovely! ‘Takes right to the salt marsh! Thank-you!