Hudson Fellowship Day II
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at 6:18PM
Sadie Valeri in Hudson River Fellowship, drawing, plein air

View of Katerskill Falls with fellow sketchers at the bottom


Boulder with small waterfalls
graphite and white charcoal on toned paper
approx 9 x 12 inches

Tree roots with glimpse of waterfall
graphite and white charcoal on toned paper
approx 9 x 12 inches

I worked most the day lower down the trail, well below the falls. The river has boulders and fallen trees making miniature waterfalls all along it.

After 7 hours of drawing and light hiking I was very done for the day.... but had to wait for my more intrepid fellows to wrap it up before I could get a ride home. My fellow landscapers are a hearty bunch. Luckily a short rainfall came along and sent enough packing for me to catch a ride. (And luckily I was well prepared for rain after yesterdays' deluge.)

I definitely want to go back to the falls another day and work there again. But next time I'm taking my own transportation!

PS: The Grand Central Academy has it's own blog and they are updating the blog with posts about the Landscape Fellowship as well, lots of cool photos of our locations:
http://grandcentralacademy.blogspot.com/

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