More Beach Vacation Sketches
I loved searching for shells on the empty beach on our morning walk. We usually arrived about one hour after high tide and on our walk one morning we found 3 very clean parts of a fish skeleton at the water line - a head, one large vertebra, and one small vertebra. My daughter and grandchildren were equally interested in examining the backbone and asked us to look for more for a collection. But none were found.
Another morning a Monarch butterfly accompanied us on our entire walk. Just before we left, I was able to take a photo while the butterfly landed briefly on the sand.
We loved having morning coffee after our beach walk on the back deck under the umbrella. My sketch is missing the bottoms of the 3 chairs across the table - it just got too complicated for me spatially.
Our final day - my masking fluid and tool for putting the mask on the paper, a beach rose, one of the seagulls immediately before flight, and my youngest grandson's sippy cup which was sitting in front of me while I was sketching.
Comments
These are great! I also like your figures below - bodies are tough, but yours are beautiful! :)
-- Kristin
Posted by: Kristin | August 24, 2008 10:43 PM
I love the bones, but then most of my early assemblages contained bones. You captured them well.
Posted by: Kunstrxns | August 24, 2008 11:13 PM
Great sketches all! I especially like the butterfly. I love the muted colours but I think your patio scene (which is beautiful and very nicely drawn!) maybe could use a greater range of values?
Posted by: Sarah Michaelson | August 25, 2008 2:36 AM
Love the feel of your collection of vacation memories - and the butterfly and patio scene especially, they're great!
Posted by: delph | August 25, 2008 6:55 AM
What lovely memory pages, My favorite is the gull - love the backside perspective. You work is captivating.
Posted by: sandy | August 25, 2008 11:05 AM