Available for sale, and in select stores! starting mid June 2022. $16 each, discounts start at two at: The Outer Coast.com
Produced by Rebecca Poulson in Sitka Alaska
Printed in Juneau, Alaska U.S.A.
Printed on heavy, vellum surface Natural color paper
Three original wood engraving prints, a scratchboard drawing, rubber cuts of ravens, and seven original watercolors by Rebecca Poulson
Poetry and Quotes by Alaskan poets John Straley, Caroline Goodwin, Robert Davis Hoffman, and Rhonda Bowen, and a quote from John Muir, on the theme of humans
I hadn’t taught the high school camp for years, and it was incredible how fast they caught on and were just so hungry to learn. It was very rewarding, intense, and heartbreaking to understand that even in normal times, they are not getting what they need, as far as being seen, being able to make things and respond to the world – and how much they have lost, the past couple years now, how mature they seemed, they have had to grow up fast.
We all need to support our young people, give them space and permission to be young people.
At Sitka Fine Arts Camp you don’t have to have ever done any art. In Alaska and probably other places art classes, if they have any in school in the first place, don’t teach drawing from observation. Fine Arts Camp classes are basically college classes, except in an hour a day for a couple weeks! these kids worked so hard.
Drawing and Watercolor
We worked outdoors, from the model, drew still lifes, and copied master watercolor landscape paintings as we learned the conventions of landscape and how to manipulate watercolor.
We had some very challenging exercises, like drawing a model, in a landscape, using water media or marker.
Printmaking
We did drypoint etchings, rubber cuts, wood cut, stencils and monoprints, and even wood engraving:
Now available for sale, and in select stores! $16 and discounts start at two at: The Outer Coast.com
Produced by Rebecca Poulson in Sitka Alaska
Printed in Juneau, Alaska U.S.A.
Printed on heavy, vellum surface Natural color paper
Four original wood engraving prints, a drawing,* a print, and six original watercolors by Rebecca Poulson
Poetry and Quotes by Alaskan poets IshmaelAngaluuk Hope, John Straley, Caroline Goodwin, and Pete Weiland, Oregon poet John Daniel, and Ed Ricketts, John Donne, Walt Whitman, Kobayashi Issa, John Muir, and John Keats, on the theme of sweet old world
Gardening Reminders for Southeastern Alaska
Calendar for all of 2023 on last page
Wilderness Anniversaries
*Scratch board drawing is from the upcoming novel for middle grades Whispering Alaska by Brendan Jones, from Delacorte Press (Penguin Random House) in October, 2021
The 2021 Outer Coast Calendar is now available from my website, www.theoutercoast.com, at stores in Sitka, and at bookstores in Alaska and a few select places in the North West.
The Outer Coast calendar, Sitka note cards, and original art are also great gifts, and I can mail directly, with a note, and even with gift wrap if you desire.
I am also at the Alaska Public Market On Line! This is a great way to support artisans and craftspeople in these crazy times!
I also have original wood engraving prints which I can mat and frame, a gift wrap option, and notecards, sold as singles and as sets. And, you can now also buy an 8 x 10 reproduction of any of the watercolor pictures, just contact me through the website or comment on this blog.
Calendars are printed in color on heavy, vellum-surface Natural colored paper by Alaska Litho in Juneau, Alaska U.S.A.
This calendar features my original art (and this year, one by my brother James), poetry by Alaskans and other greats, gardening reminders for southeastern Alaska, and wilderness anniversaries. It opens out to 11 x 17 inches (8 1/2 by 11 closed), has a handy hole for hanging, and, has complete year of 2022 on the last page. The price is $15 but there are discounts starting at two.
This year’s calendar is built around the theme of falling forward into life.
Poetry includes lines from Issa, Whitman, Emerson and Shakespeare.
This calendar also features work by Alaska writerJohn Straley, novelist and poet, and beautiful, new work by Caroline Goodwin.
A Slide Show of Some of the Prints and Cards Available at The Outer Coast:
Watercolor note card Iris Meadows by Rebecca Poulson
framed wood engraving Wild Celery House by Rebecca Poulson
color wood engraving cards by Rebecca Poulson
notecard Woodstove by Cora Dow
Matted wood engraving Sunday Afternoon by Rebecca Poulson
Watercolor note card Lingonberry by Rebecca Poulson
wood engraving notecards set by Rebecca Poulson
Cora Dow note card Christmas Puppy
watercolor note card Rocks by Rebecca Poulson
framed wood engraving Waterfall by Rebecca Poulson
Note card Jam by Cora Dow
Matted wood engraving print First Out by Rebecca Poulson
The 2020 Outer Coast Calendar is available from www.theoutercoast.com, or buy in stores in Sitka, or bookstores in Alaska and a few select places in the North West – including Powells Books in Portland and Elliott Bay Books in Seattle.
I’ll also be at the Alaska Juneau Public Market on Thanksgiving weekend 2019 and at the Sitka Artisans Market December 6-8. I’ll also have original wood engraving prints and notecards, which are also available on the website.
Calendars are printed in color on heavy, vellum-surface Natural colored paper by Alaska Litho in Juneau, Alaska U.S.A.
This calendar features my original art, poetry by Alaskans and other greats, gardening reminders for southeastern Alaska, and wilderness anniversaries. It opens out to 11 x 17 inches (8 1/2 by 11 closed), has a handy hole for hanging, and, has complete year of 2021 on the last page. The price is $15 but there are discounts starting at two.
This year’s calendar is built around the theme of Friends.
Poetry includes lines from Walt Whitman and William Shakespeare.
This calendar also features work by Alaska writer John Straley, novelist and poet, and some beautiful, inspiring work by Caroline Goodwin.
The 2018 Outer Coast calendar is now available! Printed in glorious color on heavy, vellum-surface Natural colored paper by Alaska Litho in Juneau, Alaska U.S.A.
This calendar features my original art, poetry by Alaskans and other greats, gardening reminders for southeastern Alaska, and wilderness anniversaries. It opens out to 11 x 17 inches (8 1/2 by 11 closed), has a handy hole for hanging, and, has complete year of 2019 on the last page.
You can order on line from www.theoutercoast.com, buy in stores in Sitka, or, soon, buy in your favorite Alaskan or select Northwest bookstore. (If the store doesn’t have it, tell them to order thru distributor Taku Graphics.)
This year’s calendar is built around the theme of courage – having faith in what we know is good, and having a “frenzy for the future”: the faith it takes to work toward making the future even better than today.
Poetry includes a sonnet by Rainer Maria Rilke from his Sonnets to Orpheus, and some great quotes from Walt Whitman.
We have two beautiful poems by Caroline Goodwin from her latest book The Paper Tree, published this year (2017) by Big Yes Press.
And, a lovely haiku by Sitka’s own John Straley, from his recent book 100 Poems of Spring, published by Shorefast Editions in 2016.
Plus a couple of classics from poet Lew Welch (1926-1971). Here are some images of the 2018 calendar:
It’s here! You can buy on line, or from stores in Alaska and beyond, in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho!
More about the calendar, as well as original prints and notecards, the order form and more are at my website The Outer Coast (theoutercoast.com).
I’ve published the calendar since 1995, and in full color since 2008.
I am very proud of it being printed in the United States, in fact in Juneau, Alaska, at the employee-owned Alaska Litho.
Here is a slide show of the other images in the calendar. The poetry and quotes are by Alaskan poets Caroline Goodwin, John Straley, Pete Weiland, young poet Anja Brooks-Schmidt, with classic lines from Ralph Waldo Emerson, Edward Lear, William Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Walt Whitman, on a theme of being in the moment.
I think it’s the best yet, but I always think that. Enjoy.
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