Day TWELVE South | Fox, Skunks and Flies... Oh MY!

        Today we woke up in Marfa.  Thankful for the much needed shower, we headed downstairs only to find to our dismay that our awesome hotel did not serve breakfast.  Our troubles were soon remedied by the food of the local restaurants.  In particular, Marfa Squeeze was a Swiss café that served many organic and fresh breakfast entries that were more than satisfying.

Judd's Concrete Works at the Chinati Foundation

After our hardy breakfast we got our first task of the day; we were assigned to do a composition of Marfa features and art.  We had a lay down in front of the courthouse where we discussed drawing composition and use of color.  We soon headed on our way to the sculpture garden designed by Donald Judd.  We explored this fascinating linear array of concrete boxes.  We were asked to do water colors that in most cases were the best the class had done thus far. 

Emily, watercoloring the Concrete Installation

Watercolor Critique

Soon after we headed on our way to the long awaited Big Bend National Park.  The students arrived with high hopes and expectations only to find our campsite located on impenetrable ground and crawling with skunks, foxes and flies.  With our Savanna good cheer however we bravely faced these challenges with ferocity.  This wasn’t to say that a certain student’s bags weren’t ransacked by skunks (cough… Thomas). 

All in all this was another exciting day on the infamous Savanna Studio 2011 Escapade. 


Devon and Lucas