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Thursday, March 14, 2013

"Let's Go To San Francisco on Sunday", he said

Last Sunday we got in the car to drive to San Francisco, an hours drive from where we live.
We stopped for gas and while DH got out to pump the gas into the car, I drew the dog in the back of the car in front of us. He was nice enough to sit still for this pose!
 
My dear husband is a singer with a great voice and he serenades me on our journeys.
 
Oh, he also stopped at Barnes and Nobles for a quick cup of coffee for the rest of the trip.
I stayed in the car and drew the sign on the building.
 


Unbeknownst to me this was a surprise trip to a quilt show in the City. If you'd like to see photos from it and what we saw there go back a post earlier in the week! Wow, it was fantastic and I was so appreciative of my husband following the What's Happening News in the papers! And then surprising me with a trip to the show.

But back to last Sunday, we always go down to Hyde Street Pier to see the tall ships. I happen to be enamoured with this tug boat called Hercules! It is BRIGHT ORANGE and so shiny! The day was bright sunshine and WARM. A most beautiful day for visiting San Francisco!

There was another woman on the pier writing and sketching in her journal too. Fun to see.


From there we stopped at a Russian owned deli we like and had delicious sandwiches on fresh sour dough bread! Then went over to Fort Mason to the Friends of the library bookstore. Bought some books.

And then drove down to the marina, the warming hut by the Golden Gate Bridge, where I had time to take some photos of pelicans on the pier and draw the bridge!
I also got a pair of earrings made from recycled blue glass. Really pretty!


The pelicans sat on the pier and posed for all the photographers there, including moi!



It was fun drawing a spread across two pages in my art journal.
 
 
I will link this post up with Paint Party Friday. You can visit it and other artists works via the link on my side bar.
 


40 comments:

  1. Wow.. some great Art came out of this fun trip. What a great journal right here with your drawings and words. It would be fun to see more Artists out sketching. I hope that becomes more the norm soon. Fun trip we went on with you. HPPF early. :)

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  2. Oh and forgot the doggy in the back of the car window.. Great addition to your journal. Cute too!

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  3. Lynn, it was special fun to see your sketches of places I know really well - and see them through your eyes! I loved it!

    Love to all - and of course, Kiss the King for me!

    ♥ Robin ♥

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  4. You & your husband had one great excursion, & I just love how colorfully you recorded it, step by step. Have you seen Danny Gregory's book An Illustrated Life? In it artists talk about why they keep sketchbooks.

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    1. Yes, I am a follower of Danny! Have most all his books! Glad you enjoyed my travel log of past Sunday!

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  5. what a colourful and fun day and in pictures too!

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  6. Wonderful pictures

    Have a nice weekend and HPPF

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  7. It must be so nice to be able to draw your life like that. Such a fantastic and colourful memory!

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  8. Fun and colorful scenes!Good sense of space and air! <3

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  9. I always enjoy your sketches. Looks like a fun trip! Valerie

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  10. what a lovely surprise, and a great husband!

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  11. Its beautiful see your journey through your sketches...love the spread!

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  12. what a good husband you have. San Frnsisco looks like a beautiful city-especially the way you have illustrated it.Happy PPF!

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  13. I always enjoy traveling with you. It is so nice to be able to see places that I have never visited through your eyes and sketches. It sounded and looked like a truly perfect Sunday. Have a great week!

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  14. Amazing as usual ! When my DH is singing, I open the windows. nuff said. Happy PPF !

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  15. Lynn THANK YOU for starting the bidding on my PPF Auction piece!

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  16. Wow! What a treasure your DH is ~ and your artwork is delightful of one of my favorite cities ~ Wonderful if they still have the cable cars? ~ Enjoy ^_^

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  17. Next time you go I will come too, super paintings on your double spread,
    Xx

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  18. This looks like it was a fun trip! The sketches make me wish I was there, too.

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  19. Such fun to know that you have your own crooner right there and also you don't need photos anymore- you can record them in your wonderful art. Happy PPF dear friend.

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  20. How fun! Looks like it was a great outing. I love San Fran. It's been a while since last we went but soon perhaps. Great drawings, love them. Happy PPF!

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  21. Wonderful paintings of a fun trip to SF, Lynn. My DH loves to sing and not only in the car... in the house, in Lowe's, in Macy's, etc. Love your Golden Gate bridge paintings.

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  22. so much more fun to look at your pictures because they are painted, rather than photographed! Love your husband singing out loud :) xox Conny

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  23. your sketchbook is an inspiration! makes me want to do more drawing while out and about...great drawing across that two-page spread!

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  24. great pages and sounds as if you had a fab trip. Happy PPF, Annette x
    http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

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  25. What a great trip! Your colors and views really shine through. Love the portrait of your hubby singing. The bridge spread is magnificent.

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  26. Love that you drew the dog in the car in front of you!
    Delightful!!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  27. Love your San Francisco pages! And your husband in the car...I would get sick if I tried to draw in the car...

    Happy PPF!

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  28. What a great husband you have, Lynn. I love SF and haven't been out there since the late 1990's. It is one of my favorite cities. I could just picture your day with all your paintings, and tales of book stores and blue crystal earrings and sour dough bread!

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  29. so nice of your husband lynn! Sweetest thing! And your sketches really tells the story for all of us. Glad you enjoyed this trip. Takecare!

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  30. I sooooo love that you are moving in new directions all the time... and the Golden Gate Bridge looks great across the two pages...xx

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  31. How wonderful to be able to draw so spontaneously. My fave is the Tug boat, love that red.

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  32. What a love bug DH is!! Now that is true love!! I'm really enjoying these new interesting subjects you are painting!! Love the boat!!
    Hugs Giggles

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  33. Happy PPF! You made me smile with your post. How wonderful how you have documented this surprise trip. I wished my husband could sing :)
    ManonX

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  34. I love all your drawings -but what really made me smile was the serenades and the surprise trip. What a thoughtful man and some great art from the trip too.

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  35. Lovely husband! And I got to take a look at the photos. Happy PPF!

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  36. I love your journal pages and your paintings are wonderful. What a nice surprise trip, your husband is so thoughtful

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  37. What a Great DH. . . . that was so extra special of him. Quilt shows are so creative, artistic and fun. The journal is cute, funny and so creative. Love the 2-page spread and am particularly fond of the pups. ((Hugs)) for Hubby. Blessings, Janet PPF

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  38. I'd love to go there. It sounds like you had a fab trip. :)

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