Woo Hoo! My art cards are beginning to arrive at their destinations so I can finally begin posting them. This card is the first art card I've ever done. It's 4"x6", colored pencil and was done from a reference photo I took on a vacation to Ocracoke Island summer before last. On that vacation I kayaked for the first time -- and loved it! What a great feeling of freedom to paddle out over the lapping waves while the gulls circled overhead in the warm spring sunshine. We paddled out of Silver Lake just around the corner to Springer's Point - a secluded little point with a maritime forest. The beach, like Ocracoke's other beaches, is part of the National Seashore and is completely unspoilt - and quietly beautiful.
This card was sent to a gentleman named Joe who lives in Florida. There are 25 people taking part in this art exchange and they live in various states in the US and several different countries: Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, New Zealand, India, Thailand and France.
This is the first posting..... more to come!
P.S. The photo you see of me on the blog (in the red kayak) was taken on this trip.
4 comments:
Nice! I love the radical perspective; the strong primary color scheme; and your dune grasses are fabulous (I know how hard they are to "do"). I love kayaking too; I'm hopeless at canoeing but find I can move a kayak along with no trouble at all, even in a stiff wind: makes me feel very powerful!
FABULOUS!! I Love the FEEEL of this, the splendor of the boats, the water and sand -- wonderful, wonderful job!
I love this! And one of my favorite places too. You really captured the Outer Banks spirit very well.
When I saw this one, I was really impressed. It just seems to draw one into the scene. I am so glad you joined the project.
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