A Trip to Berkeley

We took a trip to meet a cousin of Numenius visiting from Cleveland. It was a delightful surprise to find she’s an artist. We spent lunchtime talking about pencils, brushes, pastels, and finally decided to drag everyone else off to Dick Blick on University Ave (far enough down that Cal football traffic wasn’t an issue). I bought some pastel pencils I think will work well for bird portraits, though there wasn’t any Ampersand Pastelbord at that shop — I’ll have to order it.

I did a sketch of Numenius’s father. He’s a great gentleman and a great person and I’m always happier and richer to have seen him.