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Along the Cornish Coast
Along the Cornish Coast Although the climate in Cornwall is relatively mild, I tested the water and found I lacked the courage to join the many enthusiastic swimmers at Marazion’s coast. As I sketched instead, these three sisters caught my … Continue reading
Posted in Groups Interacting, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Cornwall, Gouache, Marazion, Water
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St Michael’s Mount
St Michael’s Mount We have stopped for a few days in the small Cornish town of Marazion, known for St Michael’s Mount. St Michael’s Mount is a small tidal island topped off with a large castle. This sketch shows it … Continue reading
Between the Azores and Brittany
Last Sunday evening our ship left the Azores Islands and this morning we docked at Brest on Frances’ Brittany coast. Here are five sketches from the last five days. Watching the Azores Islands Disappear It was still warm as we … Continue reading
Posted in Interior, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Atlantic, Azore Islands, Gouache, iPad, Ocean, Prinsendam
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During Four Days at Sea
During these past four days at sea, I sketched very little. But here are three sketches, two of people aboard the Prinsendam, and a third sketch, my favorite, of the bottom of a lifeboat. Looking out the Window of the … Continue reading
At Sea on the Prinsendam
Today our ship, the Prinsendam, is at Hamilton, Bermuda. We got up early to watch the ship come in through the Bermuda straights and then went on a walking tour of this lovely port. Here are three sketches from our … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Groups Interacting, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache, In- the- moment, Prinsendam Cruise
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Cruise Security
We passed through cruise security and then waited to board, just long enough for me to pull out a small sketchbook. We are off on a two week crossing of the Atlantic, our first cruise. As a child I was … Continue reading
I Was Reminded
There was something about the evening light tonight that reminded me of a sketch I made in 1984 of my daughter that hangs in her old bedroom. That sketch is below. We were hiking in a Colorado meadow, and my … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache and Watercolor Pencil, Memories
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