Jocelyn Curry

An unanticipated low tide and ideal drawing conditions met us at the Edmonds, WA beach. We were treated to freshly baked cookies, pre-heated travel mugs for steamy, aromatic coffee, and a perfect log on which to perch.

It's awfully nice when an outing ends up being even more fun than anticipated, isn't it? Such was the case for the little drawing group this week. After convening to draw seagulls on the Edmonds beach two years ago, we decided to take the plunge, meet up at the beach again, and sketch the ferry. You can imagine the challenges with this: perspective, scale, and hundreds of little windows to indicate. Oh yes–and there's the matter of time. Ferries only sit there for a little while before pulling out and heading across Puget Sound.

In the sketches seen below, you can see how we each caught the image in pencil. To draw (quickly) the end of the boat, we took advantage of the view as the ferry pulled away from the pier. When the next ferry approached, we did some touch-up work on our sketches, then settled back to enjoy conversation in the mild, salty air. Here's to summertime in the Pacific Northwest!