During the trip from Portland to Southern Oregon down the I-5 corridor I sketched.
I’d made a small folding journal from some grey arches paper for the trip.
Never at the last minute before a trip take to gluing your folded journal together…
I did it wrong and had to undo the glued parts and piece in another part and so there are funny crinkles and nearly bald spots in the middle pages.
Sorry bad images. Middle of the night I pulled the glued pages apart!
When I got home I added watercolor over several days in the middle of the night.
Watercolor on this absorbent paper was a new experience for me,
especially the splashy washes I created, which the paper ate quickly!
I wrote into the journal later… too personal for my family so not sharing.
Basically, continuing stories of dementia and what happens with the elderly
in the good ‘ol USA unless they are very wealthy.
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Da Vinci, Holbein, MGraham and Daniel Smith Watercolors.
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I’ve made that trip a few times. Thanks for jogging some pleasant memories to the top of my brain.
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I love it in spring best — so many greens and yellows!
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Spring in the northwest is sooo pretty.
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Yes. It is our season I think. Autumn is the northwest’s!
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I went looking after seeing you reached 1000 posts, and this one is my 1000th. Wow, way to swamped with mom-stuff to notice!
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That’s funny – I guess we’re on a similar pace. Sorry about the stuff you’ve been dealing with, I can only imagine how hard that must be.
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Well it is taking its toll on me responding and being present to be sure. On the other hand, there are peeps walking through so much worse. We have mom under some control and in a place where she appears to be relatively happy (she wants her cr and so forth and that ain’t gonna happen) and now I am almost through playing catch up.
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Beautiful sketches!
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Thank you Christine!
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I love the lovely loose quality of your watercoloring and drawing Kate- just wonderful! Happy PPF!
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Thanks Linda! Happy freedom to the finches!
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I love these sketches so much! They are so special and will be a wonderful keepsake. Happy PPF from No 27 😀
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Happy PPF to you as well —
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This is a beautiful memory of your trip! I really appreciate your loose style and vibrant color. Happy PPF
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Thanks Susan!
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Wonderful journal art from your trip!
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Loved your post on Magpies…
People seem to not like many critters who have to kill something they like in order to stay alive, but never seem to notice they are doing this while eating bacon and eggs or a hamburger. Never met a cow I didn’t like, big soft sweet yes, and pigs are smarter than many humans!
I love Magpies!
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I absolutely love this sketching you’ve done and then added the watercolor. I feel like I’ve been on the road trip with you!
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Thanks DK — I’m DK too!
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Love very much this “on the road” story…
robert
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Thank Robert!
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Really lovely. When I don’t have to drive I call this my “Car Art” Yours are beautiful. I too have made that trip a million times. We take the back roads from Florence and come out in Southerland. Yes, unless you are wealthy having any big medical issue in the US is a bad deal. I am sorry to hear about the dementia problem.
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Thank you Nicole. It is part of why the last three months I only get to answering peeps once a week…
I also love the drive from Florence!
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I love your travel journey in water colour, so much better then taking photographs. It is sad when dementia patients are neglected in any way. I visit a dementia ward each week and I wish it would be better.
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Thank you Marijke… me too.
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