Showing posts with label swamp rabbit trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label swamp rabbit trail. Show all posts
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Sunday Urban Sketching
My husband and I were riding our bikes on the Swamp Rabbit Trail today (rode apx. 25 miles).
I went up to the A.J. Whittenburg Elementary School of Engineering to look around.
Imagine my surprise (and delight) when I saw the play area that had A.J. the robot as part of the slide arrangement!
What a fantastic idea.
I had to stop and sketch while my husband rode into Falls Park.
I want to go back and sketch the play area at the Kroc Center - it looks like a huge molecule!
140 pound watercolor (single sheets to be sewn into a handmade sketchbook), watercolors, Pitt pen. Apx 20 minutes with a few details done at home.
Labels:
bike riding,
swamp rabbit trail,
urban sketching
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Sketching at the library
I volunteer at the local library's gift shop (Greenville County Library - main one) ("Friends of the Library").
I take different things with me to occupy my time when things are slow.
Some days I do computer work.
Sometimes I draw.
Or crochet.
Or read.
Today I did some urban sketching.
This was a section of the view from my perch in the gift shop.
I added some of the paint splatters that I adore in my friend Sarah's sketches.
I am loving that the sketching in public is getting a bit easier as I continue to do it.
I'll try to remember to post photos of the visitor that was on the bike trail yesterday...
I'll just do it now.
EEwwwww!
This copperhead was just sitting there (or whatever they do) on the Swamp Rabbit Trial while people whizzed by on bikes.
The walkers (and runners) either didn't even see it or gave it a wide berth.
My husband moved it off of the trail (with a long stick) and I was terrified when he was doing it!
I am terrified of snakes, just terrified yet find them so interesting (like inside a display at the zoo).
I was glad to peddle away from this one.
We have a lot of snakes here in the upstate of SC.
It's always a great idea to look around you if you're out hiking or out enjoying nature.
I hope that you all have a great weekend filled with creative endeavors.
I take different things with me to occupy my time when things are slow.
Some days I do computer work.
Sometimes I draw.
Or crochet.
Or read.
Today I did some urban sketching.
This was a section of the view from my perch in the gift shop.
I added some of the paint splatters that I adore in my friend Sarah's sketches.
I am loving that the sketching in public is getting a bit easier as I continue to do it.
I'll try to remember to post photos of the visitor that was on the bike trail yesterday...
I'll just do it now.
EEwwwww!
This copperhead was just sitting there (or whatever they do) on the Swamp Rabbit Trial while people whizzed by on bikes.
The walkers (and runners) either didn't even see it or gave it a wide berth.
My husband moved it off of the trail (with a long stick) and I was terrified when he was doing it!
I am terrified of snakes, just terrified yet find them so interesting (like inside a display at the zoo).
I was glad to peddle away from this one.
We have a lot of snakes here in the upstate of SC.
It's always a great idea to look around you if you're out hiking or out enjoying nature.
I hope that you all have a great weekend filled with creative endeavors.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
No Swimming
I can't believe that it's been over a week since I posted!
I'm not an everyday blogger by any means but I usually have something new at least three times a week...
Not to say that I don't have anything new - just haven't posted it.
My husband and I ride bikes on the Swamp Rabbit Trail here in Greenville SC (which is an AWESOME trail btw).
We usually ride up to Furman University, around their lake and back to downtown Greenville.
At Furman, they have beautiful swans swimming around, humorous ducks and shy turtles.
They also have a small chained in area at the lakes edge.
For several weeks, there was a black swan in the fence...
Then a white swan...
Now no swan.
We can't quite figure it out but this photo that my husband shot may shed a little light on the subject...
The swans in question must have been swimming when the "No Swimming" police went by...
I'm not an everyday blogger by any means but I usually have something new at least three times a week...
Not to say that I don't have anything new - just haven't posted it.
My husband and I ride bikes on the Swamp Rabbit Trail here in Greenville SC (which is an AWESOME trail btw).
We usually ride up to Furman University, around their lake and back to downtown Greenville.
At Furman, they have beautiful swans swimming around, humorous ducks and shy turtles.
They also have a small chained in area at the lakes edge.
For several weeks, there was a black swan in the fence...
Then a white swan...
Now no swan.
We can't quite figure it out but this photo that my husband shot may shed a little light on the subject...
The swans in question must have been swimming when the "No Swimming" police went by...
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