Beachy Sketches

While visiting the Florida Keys, several photographic images seemed to work best when I converted them to digital watercolor sketches.  Take a look – I hope you agree.

Beach Bums

Between our camping site, and the beach, were beach grasses.  The grasses served to give both my husband and I and those on the beach a level of privacy.  As I looked out to the beach, I could only see the tops of the heads (and hats) of those who were enjoying a lovely day on the beach.

Sunrise Coast

Early mornings were quite lovely at the beach where my husband and I camped in the Florida Keys.  One of the things I liked the best were that often, the sunrises were more pastel than brilliant in nature.  Can’t you just see yourself walking along this solitary shore?

Heading down the Keys

Often in the mornings along the shore in the Florida Keys, one could see fishing boats heading out, taking customers out for a day of sun, sea, and hopefully, fish!  They seemed to space themselves so that each boat created its own peaceful view.

Enjoy!

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Abstract Swimming

While swimming along Sombrero Reef down in the Florida Keys, I was able to capture this image of a zebra fish swimming along.  The waters were rather choppy, creating a lot of motion beneath them.  I decided to accent the wave of the sea grass, and created this rather abstract image of the fish swimming.

Enjoy!

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Perfectly Imperfect

When we were on a trail in the Florida Keys, I noticed this lovely palm branch.  Sometimes, Nature is so perfectly imperfect, as it is with this palm.  Can you see the small spot of imperfection on this palm?  Yes, I could have removed it via the magic of photo processing software, but I chose to leave it as is.  It reflects Nature in all its glory, totally unafraid of showing its imperfections.  We can all learn a lesson!

Enjoy!

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Fort Myers Beach Sketches

While visiting my brother and sister-in-law at their getaway place in Fort Myers, we took a walk down in the small community of Fort Myers beach.  The colors and people made for great subjects for some digital watercolor sketches…..

Fort Myers Beach Street

Palm trees, colorful buildings and blue skies – what more does one need for a great sketch of a beach town?  Wandering down toward the beach in Fort Myers Beach, I was drawn to this scene and all the fun and relaxation it suggests!

Bright Beach

As I walked up the wharf along Fort Myers Beach, the colorful beach umbrellas were reminders of all that is fun and relaxing about life!  It was hard to feel a moment of worry while looking at all the cheery colors that seemed to dance in the breeze along the beachy shore!

         Day at Fort Myers Beach   

                   

This scene feels traditionally beachy to me, not because of the great blue skies, the glimpses of water, or the bright beach umbrellas.  It’s the beach grass in the foreground of the sketch that really does it for me.  I can just feel it swaying in the gentle onshore breeze.

Enjoy!

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Snowy Cholla

We had a winter snow storm at our place, and when I looked out our back windows, the only thing I could see was this snowy cholla plant.  The homes in the distance are invisible, as are the mountains.  This sketch captures the icy coldness that was outside, and made me glad I was nice and warm inside!

Enjoy!

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Music of the Heart

There is something about a rose of any color that speaks to me of love.  And, from my perspective, love makes one’s heart sing!  This photo collage combines both roses and music for a soft, romantic piece.

Enjoy!

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Inspiration of Winter

After a winter storm at the end of December, Jeff and I took a drive along a secondary road that I love to travel down for some photo inspiration.  The trip on this day didn’t disappoint – there were a couple of views of my favorite subject that inspired me –

Recovery and Preparation

There was an ice fog that morning, and it clouded the atmosphere at ground level.  It created this sort of ethereal effect to the scene around us.  This view of a deserted cabin that has most definitely seen better days made me think about the changing of seasons, and this quote summed it up quite well.

Rising

The scene of a cabin that has fallen down seems a bit odd to name rising.  However, when I look at the cabin, I don’t see a cabin that is in its final stages.  I see all the seasons that it survived, perhaps going through a spring repair when people lived there.  Roof, windows, and door – all of these were repaired or replaced – rising up every season for years on end.  So, let’s not judge this cabin by the present, but by all it survived over the past years.

Enjoy!

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