I love the sea. I love the land even more, because I tend not to sink when I stand on it, but the ocean is definitely nice to look at. The Monterey Peninsula has some dramatic coastline, and on our recent trip we were blessed with fog-free weather. The fog would hang out in the distance and occasionally wander in, but mostly it was very sunny. Above is a sketch I did while we were hanging out and hopping around rock pools at one of the beaches just west of Monterey itself.
Later that day, we spent a few hours at our favourite little beach, Lover’s Point. Lovers gonna love. We really do love this spot, a very short walk from where we stay in Pacific Grove. We’ve been coming here since our son was about two, making sandcastles, paddling in the water, getting sandwiches stolen by seagulls (out of my hand! My actual hand!). This time we saw a whale! It was pretty majestic, what looked like a humpback whale, its tale coming out of the waters of the bay. There were a couple of them but I only saw the one. I’ve never seen a whale before.
If you want sea-life though, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the place. It’s a brilliant aquarium (the large red octopus is my favourite, and it spread its tentacles across the glass) and I took the opportunity to sketch some of the fish and other creatures. Sketching fish, you need to be fast.
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Nothing like a bit of ocean (or sea) to inspire the senses :)
Looks like you had a lovely day by the sea. Nice drawings. :)
I’ve only been to Monterey once and it was when I had food poisoning, the most serious pain I’ve ever been in (and I’ve given birth a few times), so bad I checked my travel insurance to find out if they would ship my body back to Britain. Rice from a Japanese restaurant in Santa Rosa was the culprit. I couldn’t eat for a week. Anyway, that was all preamble to say that I would love to get back to Monterey some time since I only saw a motel room when I was there. Your drawings add to my need to return and see it properly.
your work is so well done and captures how you feel !
I love your work in general, but these images really make me long to go back to Monterey…
I grew up in Pacific Grove – you captured Lover’s Point so beautifully!