Thursday, March 11, 2010

Day 45 - Beach Views

We decided for our third day in Hawaii to give the kids their first experience with snorkeling. Kahalu'u Beach was recommended as a good snorkeling beach for families.

After we showed up we walked around to check out the beach. We found a turtle sunning on the rocks at the edge of the water. I stood behind a chest high wall to sketch him. It wasn't the most comfortable sketching spot, but I couldn't pass up the opportunity to sketch this guy.

turtle sketches
sepia pen in cahier pocket sketch book
copyright 2010 Stacy L. Rowan

Later in the day I did this sketch of the life guard stand and it's surroundings. It ended up being one of my favorite sketches from the trip
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sketch Kahalu'u Beach Hawaii
sepia pen in cahier pocket sketch book
copyright 2010 Stacy L. Rowan

3 comments:

Jennifer Rose said...

that is so cool that you saw a turtle in the wild :D

very tropical feel to the life guard stand :)

Li Ferreira Nhan said...

Adorable turtles!
The design is really cool!
They are very scared.
Very nice
:)
li

Stacy said...

Jennifer, we thought it was pretty cool too. I was surprised that he (she?) came onto the beach with so many people around.

Thank you Li! I'm glad you like him. After I grabbed my pen I thought I should have sketched the turtle with pencil instead. But I was afraid he would swim away if I ran back to get my pencil!