Minnesota vacation

fabulous breakfast at Douglas Lodge

I just returned from a week in Minnesota filling my pocket
sketchbook with watercolor vignettes of lake cabin memories and a return trip to Itasca State Park. We celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary on the day we celebrated our niece's wedding at the YMCA camp on Big Cormorant Lake. I sketched some scenes of the wedding venue as a gift for Catie and Chris.

Challenges were not having enough time to sketch, having hot and humid weather, not being able to sketch while jumping off the pontoon, and a few horse flies. Medium was a 3.5 x 5.5 watercolor Moleskin, a Uniball micro pen and a Koi watercolor pocket field sketch box, and, oh..a couple of Corona Lights!

Elk Lake in Itasca State Park, sketch interrupted by horse flies!

Zimmerman cabin on Big Cormorant Lake MN

Zimmerman cabin on Pike's Bay of Big Cormant Lake MN