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| 10/16/18 Gray heron at Japanese Garden (with a koi swimming by) |
With the weather forecast predicting today’s sunshine, we took a chance
last week and scheduled a sketch outing, even though it was still seven days
away, when conditions could easily change. I kept my eye on the forecast, and
our optimism was rewarded. I think it may have been USk Seattle’s most colorful
outing ever!
As I entered the garden, I overheard people chatting about a gray
heron in the pond, and I assumed it would be gone by the time I got there. To
my surprise, he was still taking his time preening atop a rock, so I couldn’t resist
grabbing him first while I could. Amazingly, he stayed the whole time I
sketched.
After that I walked around the whole garden to take in all the color
lighted by the low afternoon sun. A weeping willow growing nearly horizontally
over the pond was challenging but, again, irresistible.
Expecting to have only my usual 15 or 20 minutes left before the throwdown,
I was surprised to see that I still had a half-hour. Plenty of time for a third
sketch! A stone lantern by the path was filled with shadows ideal for hatching.
I’d already done an InkTober sketch for the day, but what the heck – I could
get a head start on tomorrow.
For a short-notice weekday, we had a great turnout!
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| Have you ever seen so many colorful sketchbooks? |
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