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Friday, May 31, 2013

Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park - Hike & Sketch, May 30, 2013

Since this was the first Hike & Sketch outing since January, Jenny & Sylvia eased us into the routine (we were allowed more than 20 minutes per sketch - unprecedented!) with gentle forest trails through shady, cool redwood groves; a sandbar in the San Lorenzo River with an old RR trestle; more trees (Ronald Reagan, when running for governor in 1966, was famously quoted as having said, "If you've seen one redwood, you've seen them all." If he could have joined us on our Hike & Sketch he'd undoubtedly have a different opinion --- we saw many unique redwoods and interpreted them with different mediums and in many ways); finishing up in adjacent (and civilized) Roaring Camp for lunch, a critique and one last sketch or painting.

For more information about Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, see: http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=546

And for additional information about privately owned Roaring Camp, see:
http://www.roaringcamp.com/

photo by Jane Saltman

Over the river and through the woods and down a steep bank to a sandbar we did go .... A hike well worth the effort! And the view upstream was just as lovely.

Marilyn Perry

I have loved Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park for decades. It is one of my favorite places to take out of town visitors. I rode on the passenger train which crossed this bridge when I took the Santa Cruz Beach Train from Roaring Camp to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Thinking of that train ride made it even more fun to paint the bridge. Marilyn

Brad Santos

This little caboose next to a tranquil pond far removed from the commotion of "downtown" Roaring Camp looked like an inviting place to take a nap after a full day of hiking and sketching --- if only it had been open. Brad

Sylvia Waddell

I was trying out some toned sketch paper and a water soluble wash pencil- not sure I liked it.

Jenny Tero

I used a water soluble pen and watercolor pencils for this view of the fire damaged redwoods. Jenny

Sunday, October 23, 2016

Henry Cowell State Park - Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad October 20, 2016

Seven hikers sketched their way through the redwood grove and all the way to Cable Car Beach along the San Lorenzo River. There we met a couple on horseback. One of the horses really wanted Jane's apple. With the owner's permission, Jane gave her apple to the horse, and the horse loved it. That was part of Jane's lunch, so we were lucky that our wonderful lunch hostess Jeanne unexpectedly provided a pot of delicious vegetable and sausage soup so Jane didn't have to go hungry. A few hardy pioneers crossed over to Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad to paint rusty boilers and retired rolling stock.

After painting and sketching we met up at Jeanne's beautiful home in Ben Lomond where we enjoyed our lunch around a couple of tables in her backyard. We set out our paintings on her steps for our critique. We were delighted to hear that she enjoyed having us there and would welcome us back.