Top Drawers

A friendly sketching group

Author: Danita Reynolds

  • Sketchers sketching the day away!

    Sketchers sketching the day away!

    We are at 5th Street Market.

    Bob
    Bob
    Danita
    Danita
    Eva
    Eva
    Helga
    Helga and BarbSh
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Jim
    Jim
    Laura
    BarbSh
    Linda and Susan
    PatR
    Peggy
    Peggy
    Rowena
    Rowena
    Rowena
    Susan
    Susan

    Sharing Sketchbook Time

    ZOOOOOOOMERS

    BarbaraSo, Danita, Rita, Bev, Peggy, Daisy, Rowena, and Laura!

    BarbaraSo
    Bev
    Bev
    Bev
    Daisy
    Daisy
    Danita – 1
    Danita – 2
    Danita – Finished
    Laura
    Laura
    Peggy – WIP
    Peggy – WIP
    Rita
    Rita
    Rita

  • Making marks with pencils, pens, markers, watercolors, etc.

    Making marks with pencils, pens, markers, watercolors, etc.

    We are at 5th Street Public Market.

    So, we typically spend 1.5 hours for sketching time and half an hour to share what we manage to do. All sketches are in different stages of completion.

    A shout out to our photographers Danita and Peggy. Here they are taking a photo of each other at the same time.

    Danita
    Peggy
    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    Bob
    Bob
    Bob
    Danita
    Danita
    Danita
    Eva
    Eva
    Helga
    Helga
    Helga
    Izzy
    Izzy
    Cole
    Izzy and Cole
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Jennie and Eva
    Ken
    Ken
    Ken and BarbSh
    Ken and BarbSc
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    PatR
    PatR
    Peggy
    Peggy
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan

    Sharing time!

    ZOOOOOMS

    Zoom meet ups started in 2020, during the pandemic, and it continues on today for those who have moved away but want to continue to stay in touch with Top Drawers.

    Rita (making us all laugh), Danita, Rowena, Daisy, Bev, Laura, Peggy, and BarbaraSo.

    BarbSo
    BarbSo
    BarbSo
    BarbSo
    Bev
    Bev
    Bev
    Daisy
    Daisy
    Danita – First layer of watercolor.
    Danita – Finished
    Laura
    Peggy – WIP
    Rita
    Rita
    Rita

  • The Theme is Buildings, Architecture, and Structures!

    The Theme is Buildings, Architecture, and Structures!

    Da Ra Cafe First Tuesday Theme Day!

    All sketches are Work In Process (WIP).

    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    Bill
    Daly
    Danita
    Danita
    Danita – See Zoom for finished version.
    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Jim
    Laura
    Laura
    Laura and PatR
    Linda
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    PatR
    PatR
    PatR
    PatW
    PatW
    PatW
    Peggy
    Penny
    Penny
    Rowena
    Rowena
    Rowena
    Serge
    Serge
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan

    Time to check out everyone’s sketches!

    ZOOOOOM!

    Daisy, Danita, Peggy, Bev, Linda, Marsha, Laura (had image difficulties).

    Bev
    Bev
    Bev
    Daisy
    Daisy
    Danita
    Danita – Finished
    Laura
    Laura
    Linda
    Linda
    Peggy – The start of a new sketch.
    Rita
    Rita
    Rita

  • Making great sketches at Da Ra and Zoomers share the love.

    Making great sketches at Da Ra and Zoomers share the love.

    We are a bunch of sketchy people hanging out at Da Ra Cafe and Brew. All sketches are WIP (work in process).

    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    Danita
    Danita
    Danita
    Eva
    Eva
    Eva
    Helga
    Helga
    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Jennie
    Laura
    Laura
    Laura
    Linda
    Linda
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    PatR
    PatR
    PatR
    PatW
    PatW
    Peggy
    Peggy
    Serge
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan
    Susan

    Sharing time!

    ZOOOOOMS

    Some Top Drawers have moved away and want to stay in touch. Thank goodness for Zoom!

    Rita (copying Danita, hahaha!), Danita (needed both hands to take the screenshot), Peggy, Laura, BarbSo, Bev, Bitty, Linda. This group occasionally mails out cards to each other. More info about the Love cards below.

    BarbSo
    BarbSo
    Bev
    Bev
    Bev
    Bitty
    Danita – Ink
    Danita – Watercolor
    Danita – Added darker marker. Finished
    Danita – Watercolor card & tracing
    Danita – Traced onto watercolor card.
    Danita – Add watercolor
    Danita – Finished Watercolor Cards
    Laura
    Laura
    Peggy – Part 1
    Peggy – Part 2
    Peggy – Part 3 but maybe finished?
    Rita’s lovely leaves.

  • School, Sketching, and Gallery time!

    School, Sketching, and Gallery time!

    We did a second visit to Lane Community College Cafeteria, Eugene. Plus a Gallery visit and Zoomers.

    BarbSh
    BarbSh
    BarbSh

    There was a pair of geese wandering around campus and BarbSh captured them wonderfully.

    Bob
    Bob
    Bob
    Bob and BarbSh
    Danita
    Danita
    Danita – See finished version in Zoomers below.
    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Ken
    Ken
    Ken
    Ken
    Laura
    Laura
    Laura
    Linda
    Linda
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    Marilyn
    PatR
    PatR
    PatR
    Peggy
    Peggy
    Peggy

    Lane Community College Art Gallery

    After sketching some of us visited the art gallery and also bought some art from the Art-O-Mat vending machine.

    Danita, Isobelle, and PatR showing off their purchases.
    Isobelle

    Above, Isobelle got a cool necklace. Below, the gallery staff take photos of people with their purchases and add them to the wall. From our first visit Susan showed off the art that she bought and this second visit Danita, Isobelle and PatR showed off theirs.

    Below, Susan Lowdermilk had an amazing pop-up book in the gallery.

    Isobelle
    Isobelle
    Isobelle

    ZOOMING

    Bev, Danita, Peggy, Daisy, Linda, Bitty, Laura, and Rita had to leave early.

    Bev
    Bev
    Bev
    Bitty – Stage #1
    Bitty – Stage #2
    Bitty – Final
    Bitty
    Daisy
    Daisy
    Daisy
    Danita – Pencil
    Danita – Adding watercolor
    Danita – Final
    Laura
    Laura
    Peggy – First layer of watercolor
    Peggy – Almost finished
    Rita
    Rita
    Rita