Sketching at the Bay Bridge

From earlier this month. I love going back here to sketch. 

Summer Road Trip

 I had to try to sketch Old Faithful!

Geyser fields, crisscrossed with elevated paths, and visitors disappear in the mists.

IPads were ubiquitous throughout the parks.

The dazzling Grand Prismatic Spring.

Mt. Moran is named after the artist whose paintings influenced the designation of Yellowstone National Park.

Antler chandeliers at Flagg Ranch just outside the Grand Tetons.

Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty (~1970), an art installation constructed in Salt Lake,
emerges after being underwater for years.

Bonneville Salt Flats.

Alviso Slough

Alviso is a small, distinct community in the northern end of San  Jose.  I sketched where the  Guadalupe River and Coyote Creek converge into the Alviso and Mud Sloughs out into the SF Bay.

Historically, Alviso was the boating and shipping port of San Jose. Steamboats travelled between Alviso and San Francisco. Now elevated pathways with gated doors cross the sloughs for hikers and birdwatchers.

Fishermen visit the sloughs as well. (I got sketchier at the end of the day!)