Perugino’s, Eugene, OR

     Erik, ever the gourmand, choses a caprese salad to sketch, and Sandy adds her cappuccino to her version. Wow, look at those colors!

     Trish introduced the topic of “morphing” when last week she started a sketch of Jane and when Jane left early she had to turn into a green vase of flowers!  Today she got the caprese and Jane, too.

     Barbara Sommers often has to leave early, so it was fun to catch up on her finished sketch from last week, & see her start a new one.

     Jane brought a printout of a sketch Carlos Castro Perez had posted on Facebook on the Urban Sketchers page because it reminded her so much of how Barb Shirk sketches grow around different things.

    Jane tried to let Carlos’ sketch of different objects from the same street influence her sketch of the inside of Perugino’s. But hers turned out not to be so loose!  (How does he do it?!?)

     Meanwhile, Barb Shirk tried adding the cows from a painting to her sketch, but when it got too challenging, they morphed into women’s heads! (Can you see the cows hiding in her sketch?)

     And then Trish made such an enticing model across the table that Barb Shirk added her to the page, too.

Perugino’s, Eugene, OR

    As usual, we catch up on work done since last week.  Left is the finished orange & more by Barbara Shirk, the iris by Barb Sommers.

Then it’s down to work – Barbara Sommers & Heidi Sachet.

     Erik starts with a favorite sketch topic: FOOD – and he’s found the perfect balance between sketching and eating the subject!

     Barbara Shirk is very intent…on the guy from the Perugino logo!

     Barbara Shirk is capturing him, too, incorporating him into her page.

     Sandy looks on as Heidi begins her pencil sketch, then refines it.

     Sandy boldly starts with a wash, ending with a splashy flower sketch.

       Trish begins with a tea canister, and the page develops from there.

              Jane’s eye was caught by a wall display, and here’s how it ended up.

Yes, we found plenty to sketch at Perugino’s (and plenty of good coffee and pastries, too!).

The Tate Condominiums, Eugene, OR

When the folks at the Tate Condominiums invited us to hang our sketchbook show “World Sketches” at their place, we were so honored and delighted.  They had a lovely reception for us Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, which we all enjoyed very much.  Here are a few pics:

      Jan and Erik, Trisha and Hugh.

      Penelope and Trisha answer questions posed by residents.

   Barb Shirk, Ken, Sandy, Barb Aten; Barb Aten & Satoko Matouji.

    Patti McNutt & Erik; Jane and Barb A.

  View of the reception area; Ken O’Connell & Sally from The Tate.

      Kate & Erik with Ken; Hugh & Sandy with Patti.

      Trisha shares her sketchbook; Penelope & husband with Satoko.

Jan and Barb A look at one of the books of sketches that Erik has published.  We had several of our books on display here. I neglected to take a photo of the table laden with all kind of goodies – maybe I was thinking “out of sight, out of body” but that strategy didn’t work.

Natural Grocers, Eugene, Oregon

      Sandy and Barb Shirk shared their calendar watercolor swatches – Sandy posts hers like a gallery, Barb integrates hers with other art.

Then we all got down to sketching our art models – fruits! Pictured here are Penelope, Tricia, and Sandy.

      Barb Shirk starts with sepia pen, adding to a sketch already in her sketchbook, then beginning to add color and value depth.

      Barb Aten tries out new markers, alleged to be water soluble. She’s not so happy with how they behave!

      Sandy begins adding colored pencil definition to her light pencil sketch of the fruit, deepening the values, adding details.

      Tricia starts with a delicate pen and ink sketch, then watercolor.

   Jane (the restless, irritable, & discontent – inside joke) tries 4 versions: watercolor, ink, water-soluble ink, marker with white.

      Erik brings artful technique to the orange he peeled – first pencil, then crayon d’arche, then knife for scrafitto lifting to get light lines.

      Sandy takes on the orange peel challenge, too, adding shadows.

      Penelope adds her orange peel sketch to a page with grapes, using frames to set each sketch apart. The grapes are in a line and text frame, the orange peel gets a napkin frame.

Natural Grocers, Eugene, OR

Here we are, checking out a new space – nice wood tables, large windows and bright light, free coffee, and a friendly welcome. NICE!

       Patti McNutt starts a sketch of the inside building structure, while Barb Shirk focuses on the wood wall sculpture.

      The assistant manager welcomes us, including newcomers Connie & Susan, a neighbor and a cousin of Barbara Shirk.  Then the fellow responsible for scheduling cooking demos shows the calendar.

      Barb shows Sandy her new Lamy pen loaded with water soluble brown ink (pic shows it over Copic Marker), and Erik took a closeup of Patti’s rediscovered tiny pen point Pentel Hybrid Technica pen.

      Connie tries out the paints a friend sent her from France (very dense), & Barb Sommers shows us a sketch from out her window.

      Connie laughs about her sketch of Erik with his signature hat, and Erik shows his emerging sketch of Heidi.

      Barb Sommers starts a pencil sketch of the green pepper and red onion on the table, and Patti goes straight to ink!

      Jan Brown starts with Stylo colored ink pens, and Sandy adds colored pencil to her ink drawing of the same subject.

      Heidi does some colored pencil overlay, and Jan adds water soluble Tombo markers.

      Jane added watercolor to her ink sketch on toned paper, and Sandy adds some commentary to fill out her sketch page.

      Patti posts her sketch of the inside of the store on their bulletin board, as Jan, Heidi, and Sandy finish their sketches.