Mendenhall Glacier
crayon and watercolour
©2024 Charlene Brown
Our second port of call was Juneau, and a shore excursion to the Mendenhall Glacier.
I was much more successful in “quickly capturing the essence” of this landscape, thanks to the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center provided by the US Forest Service.
The sheltered, perfectly located
presentation area took in the entire glacier and even included the top of spectacular
Nugget Falls to the right of the glacier toe.
(I altered the perspective slightly to reflect the viewing angle from the upper
part of the Visitor Center but, unlike my Ketchikan composition, only one
viewpoint was required to see all the components of Mendenhall Glacier.)
The presentation area even
included a long lectern-like table to hold notepads and sketchbooks!
