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| Sketching in the flower garden, Hog Island Audubon Camp |
The loon linocut sits waiting to be completed, and it will have to sit for one more week before I can get back in to the studio.
It has to be something pretty special to drag me away when a piece is as close to completion as the loon is, and Hog Island Audubon Camp is definitely special.
I've been traveling from Colorado to Maine to be an instructor at the camp since 2008. The commute is a lot shorter now that I live nearby, but that doesn't diminish the magic of island time.
This past week's session was Arts and Birding, and I was fortunate to team teach the drawing and painting track with the brilliant Jean Mackay. Campers spent a fun week practicing sketching and watercolor skills, working both in the field and in the lab. We hiked to beautiful locations and explored sea life in the intertidal zone, and of course we took a boat trip out to see puffins. Because what's Maine without puffins?
Tomorrow the campers arrive for Educator's Week, so there's more adventure to be had. But next weekend I'll be back in the studio and happily putting the last few passes on the loon. Stay tuned!
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| Drawing from the specimen collection (and, yes... they always looked this serious!) |
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| Sharing work at nightly salon |
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| Looking for sketching subjects at low tide |
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| Obligatory puffin shot |
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| Evening light at Hog Island |
how can people look so serious when there are Puffins? lol :)
ReplyDeleteI think the puffin moments had some levity, but otherwise this was a very focused group... really committed to drawing and painting and learning every day. I was so proud of them, even if they did look so serious. ;-)
Deletei probably would have been the same i guess with actual specimens to draw finally. very hard to get actual things to draw unless you spend a lot of money on them
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