Florence Turnour's Blog

Here are some drawings I did that I posted on Facebook, but not here. Sherman Gardens and Library Work in progress Seal Beach Pier Los Alamitos Bay Downtown Long Beach Downtown Long Beach Signal Hill Two views from the beach at Belmont Pier Gondola Getaway, Los Alamitos Bay Rancho Los Alamitos Thanks for looking!

On Tuesday, I went to visit my friend Georgina in San Pedro for lunch. Before lunch, I stopped at the Korean Friendship Bell at Point Ferman. I might be getting better at these "I was really there" shots. The next two mornings, I spent in the Japanese Garden at CSULB. I will definitely go there again. It is free, convenient, and open at 8AM. I didn't finish the first day, and between sittings, all the water lilies opened and this guy showed up. This one is from Newport Beach, on the Peninsula, looking toward Balboa. It was a gray day. This last one was a quick drawing, which I painted later because I ran out of time. I thought the sign was an interesting subject for a quick effort. On the weekend, I went with my family to the Los Angeles Arboretum. It was lovely there. Benjamin and I sat next to a flower and did a quick drawing. I painted this one later too. Thanks for looking!

There is a nice neighborhood with large fancy houses and near to no traffic not too far from where my kids take tennis. I sketched there two weeks in a row, and then today, I drove to the end of the street and found a few shops. I bought a coffee so I could sit there, and painted the Park Pantry across the street. I guess I'm fond of the Spanish style houses, since there is quite a variety on 1st street, but I chose similar houses for both sketches. I'm hoping to finish this sketch book this summer. Although I'm getting used to it, I really like the cold pressed cotton paper better than the paper in this book. Still it will be fun to have a book full of sketches. I've filled up a few books before, but not with nice sketches; those are more like notes and scribbles than actual drawings. Thanks for looking.

Sometimes it looks like there's nothing of interest to draw, but actually there is. Thanks for looking.