Friday Harbor day

I'm slow getting these scanned in (it's been a somewhat eventful summer), so here is a report on one lovely day taking the ferry out to Friday Harbor in the San Juan islands back in the middle of July. Jude's cousin Liz, an artist and photographer and all around delightful person, was visiting, so it was the three of us. I sketched on the ferry the way I did several years ago. I've been doing passenger seat sketches this summer, and the ferry is about the best version of that -- not as fast flashing past everything, but a kaleidoscope of a changing view. Such fun. 

There were many more people in the way of the view in July than there had been in September, but it was still fun. I think my favorite ferry sketch was this simple one done only with green ink in a brush pen. 

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We had a lovely lunch on a deck at Blue Water. My friend Chrissie says, "Always get the pink drink." I got the orange one instead, a mango mimosa. And of course I had to sketch it to remember the treat. The crab cakes were another fantastic treat for this generally landlocked Memphian. Later I bought books (always a treat) and peppermint ice cream with hot fudge on top, but I didn't take time to sketch it. Just dove in. Sometimes you have to just savor instead of sketch. 

I'm not sure if it's the mimosa or not, but my favorite sketch from that day is the vertical with the view of the bay, the mimosa clearly featured, and the teal of the ceiling paint making a lovely contrast with it. 

I had also sketched the entryway of the restaurant while we waited a few minutes for our table. It was fun to have just a full on sketching kind of day.