Another painting, and photos of Alameda

Acrylics on canvas paper, 8.27 x 11.69 inches

How’s your week? I have had a very busy week, and the painting that I started this week is still sitting on the easel. The above was completed last  week. Maybe you remember the bird from my last post, but the idea is evolving and I am rather excited about it…

Paint Party Friday 

Today, I am sharing some photos taken in Alameda, which is located in the heart of San Francisco Bay.

We took a bus there, then looked around on foot. I love their waterways…

It was a long walk but we had fun. I love the autumn colours.

As you can see, there are some nice residential areas here.

Some photos for Weekend Reflections.

I hope you have a nice weekend.

La Jolla, San Diego

I spent a lot of time sitting on the beach with my art materials. It is a beautiful place, and the weather was perfect. I had some nice conversations with a few people who stopped to chat.

This is my Watery Wednesday submission – check out the link for more watery posts.

This little guy have learnt that humans are non-threatening. It rummaged through my plastic bag of art materials… it must have been hungry.

There are many seals who live around here. It was easy to spot them on the beach, or swimming in the sea, but we were not allowed to get close.

An interesting sculpture on top of the Contemporary Museum of Art, which is located along the beach

It was closed when I was there, but I could walk around the sculpture garden.

San Diego

I spent a few days in San Diego. It was a short but fun trip.

I went to the Botanical Building in Balboa Park. The next photo is taken from inside the building.

Weekend Reflections 

Nice looking  up inside the building

One of my favourite photos, taken outside a kite shop

Happy Weekend.

More sketches in California

We were in sunny Palo Alto (about an hour south of San Francisco) for a couple of weeks. It was sunny everyday – perfect for sketching outdoors.

Along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. These plants belong to a restaurant. There are always many people along the Embarcadero, including tourists.

Further south along the Embarcadero, I spotted this lovely building across the road.

Wishing you a wonderful week.

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Sketch

My first drawing in San Francisco, on a lovely sunny afternoon.

Under the bridge… and scroll to the next photo to see where the beams/poles end.

Here the poles are bolted into the wall below the bridge. When we first arrived and was driving around, I noticed these poles and thought they were interesting…. I guess it’s because I’ve never been under many bridges before.

Visit Sunday Bridges - Louis has uploaded a photo of this bridge.

Purple beauty (Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco)

I mean the flowers, and not the man (although it’s very kind of him to wear purple for my photo :D )

Happy Watery Wednesday.

Colourful Santa Cruz

Amusement park by the beach

Getting some sun, notice the amusement park in the background

Water sport.

We were in Santa Cruz on the Independence day long weekend. As you can see in the top two photos, it was busy. It seemed that everyone went to the beach, since we had the hotel swimming pool all to ourselves.

I am attending a drawing class on Saturday, then I will probably spend more time over the weekend drawing, and learning Japanese. What are you up to this weekend? Hope you have a nice one!

Japanese Tea Garden, San Francisco

Greetings from San Francisco.

I visited the Japanese Tea Garden recently. It’s a beautiful place.

Bridge stones. Walk carefully or you will get wet.

I didn’t get a chance to climb this bridge – it was full of kids. There was hardly room for me to take this photo, balancing myself on another bridge with excited parents, who were taking snapshots of their children.

Before the crowd came…. The bridge in front was the one that I was able to stand on, to take the above photo. Visit Louis for more Sunday Bridges.

I love the stone lanterns.

Fabulous place. I spent many hours here drawing.

There’s a tea house in the Japanese Tea Garden. I had udon, and it made me think of my time in Japan.

Happy Weekend.