All Posts re: Bonaire 2025:
Sketching, Illustration, Design and Everyday Life.
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Showing posts with label palm tree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label palm tree. Show all posts
Trip to Bonaire: Plants
Before my trip, I thought, "I am not entirely sure how anything grows on Bonaire, so I do not think I will need to worry about greens. I was so, so wrong! Even these few sketches of plants will tell you a different story, and they do not do justice to the greens you might see on the island! And there are regular rains and a forest on the island! The sounds of palm trees were one of my favorite sounds during this trip, and they were the only plants with adequate shade to sketch :)
Little Notes From Walks and Hikes
These are three sketches from different days, but they tell a story of how some of the sketching is happening these days. I always have some drawing materials with me, but recently I started using more colored pencils but my black pen is always with me. Often when I draw on location the light situation is making me move super fast - palm trees were on a super sunny day, and the paper was blinding me. Where the evening sketch was done while the sun was disappearing. When I add these little sketches from the day to my main sketchbook, I might add some notes. And sometimes all the notes are from the moment when I was sketching - like on the very last drawing - where I was trying to find with my eyes all the birds that I was able to hear - and ants were driving me away from my perching spot!
Why palm trees get a haircut?
I love unkempt palm trees and never understood why people insist on this intrusion into the life of a tree. Recently I found out that the reason is that rats and raccoons live in those crazy trees and I loved it. Though now I think twice before I park myself to sketch under one of them :)
I saw a group of people singing while trimming palm trees once. They were working in harnesses, using large machete knives and were laughing and keeping the rhythm of the song with their work. I hope all of the palm trees are getting a haircut with songs and laughter.
I saw a group of people singing while trimming palm trees once. They were working in harnesses, using large machete knives and were laughing and keeping the rhythm of the song with their work. I hope all of the palm trees are getting a haircut with songs and laughter.
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