Pencil drawing, Kualoa from Waiahole
I have a new project-- I will be creating a pencil drawing a day.
Let's start with a drive to the small community of Waiahole, located on Oahu's windward coast. Green Waiahole Valley is rich in Hawaiian history, with fertile land, watered by the heavens, and where taro, the staple food, flourished and nourished.
From Waiahole, I sketched this view of beautiful Kualoa ("longback"), which is kissed by the area's rich Ka'a'awa Valley, sacred burial caves, cattle ranch, and soaring Koʻolau Mountain Range.
With such breathtaking vistas to soak in, it is no wonder that dozens of Hollywood films have been filmed here. I explored the area extensively during my boy scout days, and remember the rich Hawaiian folklore and maybe even heard the drumbeats of the night marchers on full moon nights.
"Drawing is not what you see but what you must make others see."
Edgar Degas
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