Last Saturday we went to the San Francisco Hyde Street Pier Annual Sea Music Festival. My husband comes from a long line of tall ship captains (great grandfather and grandfather and uncles) who sailed out of Nova Scotia. In his 20's he came across shanty songs in a book and became hooked. He sings very well and plays guitar so when ever this kind of music is on the horizon we go.
I drew and listened, sometimes drawing faster than usual as the music became more intense and spirited. The musicians on hand were all very talented and it was a joy to be there.
Since we have been going to Sea Shanty song fests for over 30 years we now see people there who we knew there 30 yrs ago. We are always surprised at how much they have aged. They must think the same of us. ;-) It was heartening to see lots of young blood among the musicians this year. Makes it a surety that this music will survive.
I had fun with this last page turning it around as I drew which sort of signifies the turning of the sounds in the room on the deck of the historical ship "The Eureka".
If you want to see the other three pages I drew there (we were there from 10 in the morning till 5 PM) go back to Monday's post! And photos can be seen on Wednesday's post.
Sharing this with Paint Party Friday tomorrow~ too; visit other artists work via the icon on my sidebar. Thanks for stopping by and thanks for your comments, they mean the world to me.
Isn't it funny how other people age and we all manage to think that we look the same? So funny. How nice that you've been going to this for 30 years, you must have seen so many changes yet the songs remain the same. Sounds like alot of fun
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ReplyDeleteHi Lynn! Glad you and your DH *survived* the SF *Summer* - even along the Hyde Street Pier! But...some authentic Clam Chowder and stirring Music is the best remedy to keep warm! This sounds like a lot of fun! Your sketches captured all the energy nicely - in both posts!!!
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♥ Robin ♥
Ship talk and music. Sounds excatly like my childhood! I remember those days at my grandma´s house with a gazillion uncles, aunties & cousins. :D Thanks for the memories. :)
ReplyDeleteMore great sketches. I love the one with the back of the girls head with her hair in the pony tail. such detail you put on them. How fun to keep seeing each other all these years. and yes Mim is right.. Everyone else is aging but not us. LOL Happy PPF early.
ReplyDelete30 years is an amazing achievement, and glad you are sharing it with us this year... you captured the mood really well... and as always your lines are just amazing...xx
ReplyDeleteI love how you fill the page. The second one is my favorite.
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Rinda
These are fantastic! My Son in law would love jamming with your hubby!! Although he loves every genre of music, folk is his favorite and what he writes and plays most!! My daughters dad hails from N.S. so when the kids were back there they loved my SIL's singing and playing. He'd love to go back one day and play all the little pubs!!
ReplyDeleteVery cool hubby's family sailed the tall ships..!! Your place seems as creative as mine!!
Happy ppf!!
Hugs Giggles
Great drawings, wonderful atmosphere and good job on instruments, too! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteI love this. I'd love to go to San Francisco (with flowers in my hair!) it's on my bucket list. It sounds like you had a great time and how wonderful you've been going for so long. I guess we always imagine we look just the same until we see how our peers have gotten so much older and realise we have too!
ReplyDeleteLoving these great observational sketches you capture the spirit so brilliantly. Happy PPF and enjoy the weekend, Annette x
ReplyDeleteYour sketches take us there with you. They are brilliant! Happy PPF
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ReplyDeletecheer, dana
What fun this sounds like! Your sketches are so wonderful.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while since we went to San Fran. Last we went to Fisherman's Wharf for dinner. I want to go to the musuem and see Diego Rivera's work. Love what you've done with your sketches. You always take me there when seeing your drawings. How fun the way you capture what you see. Glad you had a great time. Yes in answer to your question for Day of the Dead, we do celebrate our loved ones now gone. Thank you for asking and thx for your kind comments.
ReplyDeleteCurious about your art process...do you draw in ink and then fill in with marker or water colors? What ink do you use...what type of ink pen I mean?
ReplyDeleteKathy, yes, I draw in ink first. I use Zig, Farber-Castell PITT artist pens and Sharpie Ultra fine pens in various sizes from XS to .O8 or so. Then I use simple watercolors. (flat cakes rather than tubes of paint).
ReplyDeleteMore great sketches - you always make them interesting with your comments too.
ReplyDeleteYou are just getting better all the time. I really look at each one's facial expressions and they're there- in the few lines- they are definitely there. Love them. Happy PPF dear heart. xx
ReplyDeleteGreat illustrations! I would love to sail in a tall ship!
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF! It must be great to be able to sketch so quickly, recording the scenes around you. Nice job!
ReplyDeletelove these drawing! the faces are so expressive & these festivals are always such fun!
ReplyDeleteI like how the last one looks, with so many angles and you can see from every side. Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteYou captured so much character in the individual spaces. Love your pen work. I love all the angles on the last page. :)
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful how you can capture a scene so that the viewer has the feeling of being there him/herself. Lovely work!
ReplyDeleteYou are so good at capturing the liveliness of a scene!
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking me with you last week. Everytime I see one of your sketches, I feel like I am right there with you whether it is lunch or now a great afternoon of music.
ReplyDeleteYour sketches are fabulous - I love the faces - so much movement and character!
ReplyDeleteWonderfully festive paintings this week!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great time...and that's evident in your work, too! :)
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Happy PPF!!
Mary
Mixed-Media Map Art
awesome!
ReplyDeleteI love your drawings.... they are so colourful and 'alive'
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I love the way you fill up your pages. Creative and interesting. Blessings, Janet PPF
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