La Push WA Sketches

1 La Push WA First Beach sketch 1

2 La Push WA First Beach sketch 2

2.2  at La Push WA First Beach sketching

3 La Push WA First Beach Fog Sketch 3

4 La Push WA First Beach Fog sketch 4

5 La Push WA SECOND BEACH sketch

6 Ruby Beach  WA  sketch

6.5 Ruby Beach  WA  sketching

7 Rialto Beach LaPush WA sketch 1

8 La Push WA First Beach  sketch 5

9 La Push WA First Beach driftwood sketch 6

10 Rialto Beach La Push WA shetch 4

10.5 Rialto Beach La Push WA   artist looking...

11 Rialto Beach La Push WA sketch 2

12 Deer Park Olympic National Park sketch 1

12.5 Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park   sketching

13 Deer Park Olympic National Park sketch 2

14 Hurricane Ridge   Olympic National Park sketch

15 tools

All sketches were completed in a 7x7 hard bound skectch book, WN paints in my travel kit, carried a bit of water in a small plastic bottle.

The cool Olympic Peninsula of Washington was refreshing change from the heat in Wisconsin this past week. We do not often visit the West Coast and delight in being there. I will probably never make a ‘real’ painting of any of these sketches. However this is my way of increasing the enjoyment of the beauty in front of me-of seeing it better. The making of a line-and-wash sketch takes considerably longer than taking a photo. So I take note of value difference of trees, angles of rocks color of water and sky, the smells of the ocean and sounds of crashing waves.

Someone wrote long ago………..
The seas have lifted up, O LORD,
the seas have lifted up their voice;
the seas have lifted up their pounding waves.
Mightier than the thunder of the great waters,
mightier than the breakers of the sea—
the LORD on high is mighty.


Also Ed Whitney talked of the relentless pounding of sea saying ‘move over’ and the rocks replying ‘not one inch’...the battles continues. And is great to watch.


So this is my offering…enjoy