10.20.2010

So last Wednesday my field sketching class went to Point Lobos and oh-my-gosh was it gorgeous!  I was admittedly having a bad day the day before we went, but as soon as we arrived in Point Lobos all of my concerns from the days and weeks before seemed to dissolve.  I was completely taken by the beauty and quietness of this place and was reminded of all the reasons I came here...

(I didn't bring my camera that day which was stupid, but I was super excited to find that my phone took really beautiful photos and I wanted to share them with you...)

Powdery Dudleya (I fell in love with this stuff)

  Ice plant

 Trentepohlia (algae) - not in focus, but still a cool parasite

 The view from where I sat to sketch (above and below)

I also wanted to share a few of my friend Stephanie's photos from that day...  (thanks Stephanie)

Me, Corlis and Stephanie (I bent at the knee cause I didn't realize he was taking a full body shot, silly)

Super awesome, creepy-cute, hairless squirrel we saw on the way out (he was blind in that eye, yikes)

So right now I'm working on a new assignment... it's a drawing in black colored pencil on something called "coquille" board.  It's supposed to mimic the look of stipple, but get there a whole lot faster -- we'll see.  :)

Which reminds me, I still need to post my stipple assignment from this week.  I'll do that before the end of the weekend, so be on the lookout.

Field Sketching

One of the classes I'm taking this semester is Field Sketching.  It's pretty much what it sounds like, but it's even better because our "field" is Central California!  So nearly every Wednesday our class takes a fieldtrip to some new lovely spot on the Monterey Bay.  Our first was in Santa Cruz visiting the UCSC campus (we get to borrow specimens from the natural history collection there and we were getting acquainted with said collection).  The ones following included Carmel River State Beach, the UCSC farm and Point Lobos!  We went to Point Lobos today and oh-my-gosh did I love it, BUT I wanted to share my photos from the farm day first cause I never got around to posting those last week...

The farm was absolutely lovely and fortunately, the day we went was a sunny, warm day, perfect for hanging out and sketching outside.

Here are a few of the things I happened across that day...

A quick botany lesson with Jenny (in the hat)

From left: Martha, Corlis, Alexis, Sean, Stephanie

Pears!

See the bee?

Did you know kiwis grew on a vine?

Which do you prefer?

Artichoke gone to seed

Persimmons (also my drawing subject that day)

Ok.  So now I can post the Point Lobos pics...  next time.  ;)