We took a few days family time away in a cute little house in Monterey – Pacific Grove, to be precise, down on the California coast. After the non-stop sketchathon of Portland it was just what I needed – not that I stopped sketching, of course.
It really was a cute little house, but just right for us. the beach was a shortish walk away, and playing on the sand was so relaxing. Having spent so much time around architects, I took a slightly more technical apprach to building sandcastles, and constructed irrigation channels beside them so that the incoming tide would just wash around them like a moat. Yeah, that didn’t last long; King Canute I am not. I hadn’t built sandcastles in years.
This cute little house did have a strict ‘no sand’ policy, though – even though they charge quite hefty cleaning fees per stay, they still wanted to see no evidence of beach activity whatsoever. Perhaps it clogs up their vacuum cleaners. Yet I couldn’t exactly strip off outside. I was quite paranoid having to tiptoe to the bathroom with sand in the toes and sand on my clothes. I can never clean it off at the beach itself. I always make the same mistake of using the sea to wash off the sand. That never works, folks.
petescully 
Cute sketch. I’d love to know more about this house and how to possibly rent it. If you don’t mind you could send some info/link to my email.
A green wheelie bin eh? Just like the ones ehre in the UK. Must be for all that “no sand” control.
I like your shadows.
cheers! I think the green wheelie bin was just for tree trimmings and grass and stuff, to keep it separate from the other bins. I was going to move the bin before sketching but decided it gave it more reality. Plus it was really heavy and I couldn’t shift it.