away 2

We were on a very comfortable, well-made and well-equipped canal boat, cruising down the Erie Canal. Life slows down; one starts to appreciate subtle changes in landscape and foliage, the bends in the "river". I didn't do a whole lot of sketching, being occupied with a whole lot of looking - but I did manage a pencil drawing of the front of our boat, the Canandaigua:

and some quick, faint sketches of a liftbridge in Brockport and another view of our boat:

Sorry they are so faint!

I came to love tying the boat up to a cleat on the dock - so effective and pleasing.

Also, seeing my city from such a different perspective was totally neat. We pulled up to a gas station next to the canal that Ansel and I knew otherwise from getting there by car, tied up our boat on the little dock, and hopped off and into the gas station for supplies. Then back to the water. Amazing!

many ansels

Trying out a new set of drawing inks, I did a 2 minute sketch of Ansel with each one.

away

We've been on a boat!
 Perhaps more about that later, but first:

weekend of concerts

It's concert season: Suzuki group concert, two studio concerts (hip hip hooray for my students!) and a voice recital.

In a spare moment, I got to do a few quick sketches of Casey as she rehearsed with her musical improv group. Yes, she had a funny hat on - a crown, actually!

And here is Ansel, pooped out after 4 solid days of concert-going. If there were a medal for audience members, he would win it!

We've got one more: come hear Ansel play in Dido & Aeneas (along with 3 other wonderful string players) with the members of the Opera Scenes workshop at the Kanack School of Music. 

Wednesday, June 17, at 7 pm. 

sunflowers

Turns out the sunflower is the favorite flower of a few of my favorite people.

Anyway, there were sunflowers after the concert.

They are so big and happy!

Here I am experimenting with color.

concert tomorrow

die vogelfängerin (bin ich ja)

Here again one of Teryle's magical Magic Flute birds, this time done in acrylic gouache.