Once upon a time, not too long ago, some friends came from Oklahoma to visit us in the Pacific Northwest. Oklahoma does not have ocean access. The Pacific Northwest does. Our friends wanted to see the sea. However there was a catch; John has a mobility issue….
I drew pictures in ink and watercolor on paper as we worked together to get John as close to the sea as possible along the Oregon Coast. My pictures were made on location as the action happened. Yes, there was a lot of carefully balancing my paper on my knee, sand in my watercolors and sea spray dampening my paper for me. Still I got all of the pages done while we were on the coast, we spread them out in the car trunk to dry and when I got back to my studio I sorted the pages and bound them using a Japanese stab binding.
Here is a link to a video of the book: https://youtu.be/lTHsRbKrMiM
Here’s a still photo or two
Your friends are so lucky! 😉 <3