Jim and I were able to get away to Vancouver Island, B.C., for a few days, and it was a trip worth the long wait in ferry traffic hours (similar to dog hours, only without the multiple stick-tosses to kill time). The conte crayon sketch on greytone paper above was the view from our cabin, through a two-story window. The wildlife you don't see, came and went too quickly to draw (as well as some of the trees... what's with that?). Point No Point Resort in Sooke is so worth going back as often as possible, even if one has to lie to relatives as to why you didn't visit them in Podunk, Nebraska, this year either (oops, sorry Aunt Mabel). The labyrinth of trails along the shore that the Resort maintains was magical, to say the very least, and the weather transformed itself to accommodate our wildest dreams.
And yes, the fish images in the clouds might be a subconscious communion with maritime dimensions as we haunted the driftwood- and basalt-furnished margin between the worlds, made possible by immersing ourselves in the electromagnetic field of the transformer, 15 feet from our bedroom window.
Hi E, This is the look, isn't it? I would recognize it as a view towards Washington from Vancouver Island, without a title. So often we see the sunlight over there- it's great you could be there in it.
ReplyDeleteYes, very recognizable! It looked like the weather over here wasn't so great, but then that might've just been the clouds between the shores. It's such a big expanse of water, isn't it?
DeleteI really like the colors in this and the clouds are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Joyce! Nice to hear from you. I didn't know if the blue conte would work well on the gray tone paper, but I'm glad I used it. Have you worked with conte crayons or pencils?
DeleteYour welcome :) No I have never worked with conte crayons or pencils before. I will look them up and find out more about them.
DeleteSo enjoy your blog!
Thank you, Joyce... I like yours too! You have many talents!
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