I do love adventures! (I’ve got a whole ‘nother website dedicated to the topic.) And so, this seemed perfect!
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Category: Prints
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Almost Morning
At the time, it was still morning, but just barely. On the other end of the spectrum, it will be morning in just moments. Either way, there’s just enough time for a last cup of coffee or it will soon be time to start!
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Go Juice
While creating the digital drawings, I worked with the items in front of me. Especially since it was early in the morning, the first thing that jumped out in front of me was my coffee mug!
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Blue Heron
While creating the digital print of Daffodils, I also worked with textures to create this drawing of a Blue Heron. There were quite a few herons that lived in the ponds next to the apartments so I had a lot of opportunities to watch them flying by.
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Daffodils
Upon receiving an iPad, I immediately found some drawing apps to play with. I created a series of digital drawings, including these daffodils. They’re based on a real photo that I took near my apartment at the time.
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Oak Tree sketch
Stayed for a few nights in the campground at Valley of the Rogue State Park in Oregon. It was a great launch place for visiting both Crater Lake and the Redwoods National Parks. On a rest day, I sketched this gnarly oak tree next to the campsite.
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Waiting for water to boil – Jetboil stove sketch
While backpacking in the Upper Yosemite Valley, I was sitting and waiting for water to boil (at least with the Jetboil’s lid on you can’t actually watch!) It made sense to sit and draw the stove itself (at least to me) so that’s what I did. This workhorse was purchased about 10 years ago and has been going strong ever since!
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Trees and Shadows
When in the National Parks, it’s not always the grand vistas that capture my interest. Often, the small details invite me to come closer, to explore in more detail. Though you wouldn’t know it if I didn’t tell you, this is almost Yosemite. The RV was parked just outside of the park (free camping, woohoo!) and one afternoon the sun created these slashing shadows from the trees and it caught my attention. As is always the case when trying to capture natural light, I had to work fast, since the shadows were changing by the moment!
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Wizard Island in Crater Lake
After exploring Yosemite, we also visited Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. It was also snowed in, so Rim Drive was closed. It was really cool to walk in the shoveled-out 12′ deep paths from parking area to visitor center, and the view from the edge of the peak down to the lake was amazing!
I didn’t waste any time sketching out Wizard Island, since it quickly gets chilly sitting in the snow. And a steaming hot chocolate afterward certainly helped to thaw out my stiff fingers. 😀
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Half-Dome sketch in Yosemite
While in Yosemite, we took an overnight backpacking trip up into Little Yosemite Valley. Half-Dome wasn’t open yet, since it was still snowed in. That was fabulous, as it felt that we had the whole valley to ourselves. Though we didn’t make it up to the top of Half-Dome, we did hike up to the snow line. While there, I sat and enjoyed the view, taking the opportunity to sketch Half-Dome from the north side.
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