Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park

Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers

When North Carolina Urban Sketcher correspondent Laura Frankstone was in San Francisco for a long weekend I (Jana) had the great pleasure of joining her for an afternoon of sketching in Golden Gate Park.

Below are our sketches of the Conservatory. I added watercolor to mine (above) in the studio later since it was windy, foggy and cold sitting on the grass and so were ready to go explore the (way too hot) conservatory.

Laura's sketch on left, Jana's on right

My sketch with Conservatory in background

After getting all steamy inside the Conservatory of Flowers' jungle-like atmosphere, and touring the Wicked Plants exhibit, we came back out to sketch people on the lawn.

Picnic in the park

We agreed to paint these later too, since time was short and we wanted to keep moving. Below are our two sketches.

Laura's on top, Jana's on bottom

Our last stop was the Tea House in the Japanese Tea Garden. The garden is an absolutely beautiful place with incredible plantings, sculptures, buildings, ponds, trees, moon bridges and more. I wanted to live there.

Japanese Tea Garden View

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