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| 6/6/24 Gas Works Park |
Early June’s atmospheric river was a doozy, but we crossed it – and on
the other side was summer! When I saw the weather forecast last Thursday –
sunny and in the high 60s – I knew where I was headed: Gas Works Park!
While it’s my favorite park any time of the year, it’s really special on a blue-sky day shining on Lake Union. The day called for color (see, this is why I can’t choose between my children); in fact, the always-formidable gas works called for my larger A5 Hahnemühle sketchbook. I still used my basic comics approach, but the larger book gave me more room. Like Sunday color comics!
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| New restroom and old gas works |
Although I’m accustomed to using the small A6-size spreads (exactly half the size of the A5 spread), it felt deliciously spacious to open up the A5 – like moving from a small apartment to a large house. It would be tempting to use that size all the time . . . except I don’t want to carry it everywhere. It’s nice on special occasions, though, and I can’t think of a more special occasion than a warm and sunny June afternoon.
On my way out of the park, I stopped to document its new restroom (at left). It’s rather utilitarian, like something that you might see at a campsite, but it’s a huge improvement over the dark, creepy, nasty restroom it replaces.
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| Oh, hello, Your Majesty... where have you been? |
The sketch with two white/ blank sailboats is lovely!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ching! It had been so long since I used watercolor pencils that I had forgotten how to do the sky... and I finally remembered when I made that tiny sketch with the sailboats! :-)
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