Filed under: Collage, Drawing, travel | Tags: art, artist, beach, cape cod, Collage, sketch, sketching
We just came back from a week at the Cape. I love Cape Cod. As long as the sun isn’t beating down on my head, I’m happy as a clam to sit and watch the waves. Here’s my view from the beach:
Dreamy, right? Okay…it isn’t the Bahamas…but it’s great anyway. Do they have fried clams and soft serve ice cream in the Bahamas? Probably. I ate a grotesque quanitity of both.
I didn’t do too much, other than chase after my son…slather him with sunscreen…and try to control the amount of sand in his clothes, my car, and our rental house. Here’s a slightly wonky sketch of the house:
Kind of an interesting, contemporary cape-ish house. We spent a significant amount of time in there on Monday, when it rained like a monsoon. But, we did manage quite a few trips to the beach. Here’s a view of an ocean view beach…well, mostly a view of the lifeguard stand…with no lifeguard in it:
I didn’t add too much shading, as I thought that I would watercolor these sketches. That never happened. Another sketch of a beach day:
There were actually some people sitting in the chairs in the foreground. I edited them out. Unlucky for me…they decided to move their chairs back from the water a few feet while I was still drawing them. Hmm…this “en plein air” stuff is a challenge.
I did another collage before I left on my trip:
I also drew on it a little. I know…I’m still doing collage in spite of the fact that it leaves everyone scratching their heads. It really is fun. Seriously…try it. Grab some random paper and a gluestick and go crazy. I’m still not taking any classes at the moment. It’s nice to have a break. It also allows me to try all sorts of random stuff. I’m hopefully meeting with a couple of friends this week to discuss what we’re all working on. Should be fun!
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slightly wonky 
nice sketches…and i love your header image!!
Comment by conservingquirky August 21, 2011 @ 1:35 amThank you!!!! That’s so kind of you! Yes, the header image is a crazy scarf that I made. I love the bright color.
Comment by slightlywonky August 21, 2011 @ 10:44 pmI love those sketches! I really can’t imagine having that level of draftsmanship…
Comment by Kris August 25, 2011 @ 9:39 amKris! How are you??? How is motherhood? How is wee Jonah? He is so super cute! I think that I recently read an article of yours on art vandalism. Is that right? I hope that you get to take a good amount of time off to spend with Jonah. It really does fly by! Thanks for your kinds words…
Comment by slightlywonky August 25, 2011 @ 1:16 pm