skagit valley, value studies

A great day to visit the Skagit Valley; a very sunny Wednesday.

Choosing large paper and General's charcoal for my medium, a warm up and 

investigation of the values in the landscape.

Textures attempt to get simplified with the medium, 'looseness' is key.

gasworks park, sunny day

Next crawl

Just wanted to clarify we are meeting on May 22nd, not May 15th. Gail will post more later!

While I'm here thought I'd share this w/c sketch from Green Lake from a couple weeks ago.

methow valley

stolen moments

Have been working way too much this summer, missed seeing all of you a couple times now. Finally sharing a few sketches from the whole period -- all the way back to our visit to the Center for Wooden Boats.
A little sketch from my favorite haunt, Fishermen's Terminal:

A visit to Steveston, B.C., an historic fishing community:

And finally a reverie along the Snohomish? River in Snohomish, opposite the lumber mill. I forgot to bring a pen so enjoyed trying this with gouache only.

Hope to rejoin you all on the 29th somewhere!