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| 9/17/17 Salmon Bay Bridge at the Ballard Locks |
The first real rain in weeks was predicted for today –
just in time for USk Seattle’s
outing at the Ballard Locks. If and
when the rain did come, I was planning to duck inside the fish ladder area. By
10:30 a.m., though, the sun was still darting in and out of clouds, so I went
to the parking lot on the south side of the Ship Canal. Although I’ve sketched
the Salmon Bay Bridge several times,
I’d never been able to catch it in the open position. My luck stayed with me –
the sun came out just long enough to put in those shadows on the bridge. (Too
bad I forgot that the marker I used for that is water-soluble, so when I
sprayed the foliage underneath, the bridge got a little blurry.)
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| 9/17/17 Ballard Locks |
Crossing the canal again, I stopped at the Locks at a
busy spot – not just busy with pedestrians, but also visually busy. I have no
idea what this yellow thing is in the foreground, but it apparently has a
nautical purpose. In any case, it was just the right time to initiate my new Stillman & Birn Nova gray-toned sketchbook. Along with my graphite drawing class, I figure this book will give me a good tonal workout during
the coming gray months.
We got an excellent USk turnout on this iffy-weather
morning! And fortunately for us, the rain waited until my drive home to finally
start falling.
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