Most of these first entries are from my trip to the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, also known as the best museum ever. They have a rainforest exhibit with an airlock and everything to keep in the humidity, and then you ascend through the layers of tropical plants, surrounded by butterflies and colors.
I love going downstairs to the aquarium. The way that the glass curves inward towards the fish lets you step forward into it, so you really feel like you're surrounded by the water. These are some of my first attempts at capturing my surroundings through drawings--I tried to stick with the simpler fishies.
Some friends and I took a trip to the Sutro baths, and while waiting for someone to walk all the way back to the bathroom(too good for the bushes) I tried to capture the patterns in the branches of the trees by the beach. It definitely looked like a fairy-tale forest. A creepy Anderson one, not a sugar-coated Grimm.
The first page of my journal, actually. Still trying to figure out how to use brush pens, and annoying my friends by spending more than three seconds in front of an exhibit.
Moral of the story, take your time. Observe the things around you. Get to know them. Read the little informational blurbs at museums someone worked hard to put together for you.
Sometimes, the quotes on those little placards change the way you see things quite a bit.
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