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Built in 1823, the Ocracoke Lighthouse is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest in America. It shines with 8000 candle power and can be seen up to 14 miles off shore.

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Visit Ocracoke NC on Instagram.
Built in 1823, the Ocracoke Lighthouse is the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest in America. It shines with 8000 candle power and can be seen up to 14 miles off shore.
Progress on that sketch I started the other night. I went over it with #005, #01, #02, and #08 Micron pens.
If you’ve seen Enchanted Forest, that’s the direction I plan to go in for coloring this one. Of course then I started looking at last night and thought I had done something similar...and I did. Lady Lace, at least the silhouette part of it anyway.
The Ocracoke Island lighthouse
I haven’t mentioned this before with the previous posts about this image, but I intend to enter it in the Displate Your State Art Challenge.
This is just the flats. I’ll be tweaking it more another day. I don’t know if I want those colors to be so vibrant, but for now it looks pretty good.
Ocracoke Lighthouse and Arteza Brush Pens
Ocracoke Lighthouse and Arteza Brush Pens
I went through a phase some years ago where I did a lot of pen and ink work, but I flatly refused to add or use color. I think part of it was intimidation. I enjoyed the simplicity of the lines and shadows, and at that point in my life, simplicity was what I needed.
I’ve recently started experimenting with adding color to some of my older pen and ink drawings, but I did most of them on…
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Lighting the Way in North Carolina
Lighting the Way in North Carolina
By Linda Tancs
Ocracoke Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina and the second oldest operating light station in the nation (surpassed by New Jersey’s Sandy Hook Lighthouse). Built in 1823, the need to preserve its structural integrity prevents climbing, but the exterior views are just as enchanting. For interior views, you can visit four other lighthouses adorning the…
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Ocracoke Island- Ocracoke Lighthouse Tree (taken 8/8/2013)
Photo Of The Day 1/5/2014