Tag Archive for Caribbean
A pristine afternoon in Antigua
If the 20-minute discrepancy seems like no big deal, let me clarify that we were half an hour out of town, on a bus line we didn’t know, and all-aboard was 4:15. Mila claims to have mysterious psychic time-telling powers, but who can keep track of time on a beach like this one?! So we […]
More Postcards
Being bandmaster has left me with way less time to paint lately. There’s always some little errand to do with scheduling the bands, or getting newbies on the payroll, or apologizing to a guest because the private piano in their deluxe stateroom is out of tune… On the other hand, it’s really cool to be […]
Postcards from the Caribbean
It’s been another crazy week onboard. Just in my department, we’ve had two illnesses, one near-firing, two friends transferring, four brand-new singers signing on, the bandmaster signing off, and me stepping up to take his place. (This job involves counting off tunes onstage, doing a LOT of paperwork, and having a spiffy mobile phone that […]
San Juan Day
I like the wordless Calvin and Hobbes strips where each of the panels shows a different moment from their day. I wanted to do that here with my Saturday because, transportation difficulties aside, San Juan is always a perfect day of food, drink, painting, phoning home, and rushing back to the ship just in time. […]
St. Croix
I know it’s not the official day for a new post, but here’s an illustration of my Sunday in St. Croix, where I uploaded this week’s cartoons. I was looking at Sarah Glidden’s blog about her watercolor process–for How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, which I heard a lot about this fall–and […]
San Juan Day
This is the latest watercolor. It’s a lighthouse in El Morro, one of the forts in Old San Juan. I’m still figuring this out. This time, I made pencil guidelines, drew the windows and deepest shadows in Micron pen, then painted the rest. I think I overdid the pen, a bit… San Juan is my […]
Messing with watercolor
I’ve had a set of watercolors for awhile, and after painting outside with a friend over Christmas, I decided to do it more often. I still favor buildings and dislike trees. But doing it in color is addictive! It’s a nice break from black and white. Plus the large sketchbook I bought for this contract […]