Our second week of vacation found us in Pompano Beach, a small community sandwiched between Boca Raton and Ft Lauderdale. We stayed at a Wyndham resort which was lovely - a beautiful room, gorgeous grounds and lots of on-site activities. We went to the beach once and it looked just like Myrtle Beach (long strand of white sand), so our relaxing time was spent pool-side. Most of my sketching was done around the resort.......
Once again I attempted people - we went to see a horse race - trotters - one evening and between races I tried my hand at capturing these guys..... You can see I gave up on one of the faces; but the bodies are okay....
Kind of practicing on all the variety of palm trees near the pool.....there are an amazing amount of different types of palms.
This is definitely an example of how sketching helps you focus on your surroundings. In previous years, I would have admired a tree or two and gone back to reading. This time I really LOOKED at the trees, figured out how they were similar or different, attempted to capture them. I love that aspect of embracing sketching.
the everglades
the everglades
he takes his gaming very seriously!
lots of funky trees in FL
It was very hot and muggy in FL - don't think we'll be going back.....we've been there several times and that's enough. There are more places to explore.
I'm enjoying your sketches. Looks like you had fun.
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