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Forest Diary

Sketching the redwood forests on the Pacific Coast as I hike is a speeding activity - but is always worth it - even if all I get to do is put a few lines on the page or spread some huckleberries as an illustration to what is happening (see process photos below)! Bits of text are usually added when I get to the table and glue and tape in my day's sketching bounty. The forest was wet and full of wonderful light and colors. I am ready to go there again!

From the trip to the Pacific Coast

In November I spent some time in the forest but every evening we made it to the coast to see a sunset over the Pacific Ocean. My sketches of sunsets are never fully satisfying but this is something I cannot resist and feeding this urge to sketch is very gratifying and humbling :) Trying to match the speed of changing colors slight shifts of mood and the unbelievable sense of time running through my fingers is always priceless :)

Forest trip to start my holidays

I spent a few days in magnificently wet and colorful forests on the Pacific Coast near Mendocino. Mostly hiking - but also looking at a gorgeous ocean sunset, foraging for mushrooms, and cooking them after.

More from the Mushrooming trip

Forests are such primal places - especially older ones with the multitude of layers opening up more and more as you let the place unfurl by being still. My love for sketching in the forest grows out of stillness that enraptures into a world I did not see before. Even with the smallest, fastest, simplest of sketches by the time I am done and ready to catch up to my party, the world around me is larger. There are more birds, everything suddenly is alive and not what it seemed before.