Top Drawers

A friendly sketching group

Author: Marsha McCloskey

  • Zoom #81

    The TD’s visit to Cortesia got rained out on Tuesday, but some of us we able to gather to share our week’s work on Friday Zoom . Others posted their drawings on the FB group, TD Roundtable. Rita, Danita and Jane are working with images from their recent travels. The rest of us are closer to home.
    Daisy (click to see full image)
    Danita
    Jane
    Laura
    Marsha (click to see full image)
    Rita
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    BarbSo
    PatW (click to see whole image)
    Jim has a show at the Camas bakery this month.

  • Roses Again and Zoom #80

    Tuesday was for sketching at the Owen Rose Garden. The weather was perfect and the ambient aroma of roses was lovely.

    Owen Rose Garden
    Pat R
    Jane
    Tricia
    Daisy
    Marsha
    PatW
    Zoom #80
    Our 80th Zoom session: Sharing the week’s sketches.
    Bev: The hearings and Poppies
    Daisy: Images from her recent trip
    Danita: sketches from the Southwest trip
    Hugh: From his travels with Sandy
    Bitty in Iceland
    Jane
    Laura: Watching the January 6 Hearings
    BarbSo: Geraniums
    Rita: from her travels in Europe
    Rita: the dancer

  • Zoom #79

    We didn’t meet in person on Tuesday because of the January 6 Hearings being held in our time slot (how rude!). The assignment was to watch the hearing on TV and draw the faces. As nothing in this group is obligatory, a variety of images were created for the Friday Zoom session. Danita is beginning to share her work from their trip to the Southwest. Rita and Bitty, though they didn’t show up for Zoom have been sharing their travel sketches on the TD Roundtable on FaceBook.

    Bev: Digitalis
    Faces
    Faces
    Jane: Olive Branch (click for whole image)
    Jane: Angel
    Faces (click for whole image
    Laura: Faces
    Faces
    Faces

    Marsha: Faces
    Faces (click for whole image)
    Face
    Peggy: Faces
    BarbSo: Faces
    BarbSo: Foxglove
    BarbSo: Experimenting with a dip pen
    Rita: from her European travels
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Danita: from the Southwest
    Bitty: Image from Iceland

  • Sketching in June with the Top Drawers

    Show and tell.

    Tuesday, June 7, we were at the Owen Rose Garden again — simply a beautiful day. Sketching and sharing.

    (Tuesday, June 14, we attempted to sketch at Hendricks Park, but it was overrun with graduation celebrations. )

    Laura’s drawing.
    Laura and Pat.
    Daisy and Sharon.
    Barb’s watercolor sketch.
    Marsha
    Eva and friend.
    Sharon
    Daisy

    #77 Zoom, 6/10
    BarbSo
    Bev
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    Daisy (click to see whole image)
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    Laura: Birthday cards.
    Rita’s travels.






    Zoom #78

    BarbSo: Raining cats and dogs
    Lillies
    Bev: Just watercolor, no pen!
    Daisy observing.
    Jane, back from her travels.
    Marsha: Frilly Poppies
    TV people (click to see whole image)
    Bitty (click to see whole image)
    Laura is making birthday cards. She’s an inspiration to us all.

  • Top Drawers Moving Into Summer

    The hometown crew of the Top Drawers met at the Owen Rose Garden on Tuesday morning. BarbSo, Daisy, Marsha, Tricia, Katie and Eva.

    Barbs So showed her work at our weekly Zoom.

    Bev’s pages are always full of interest.

    Bitty is back from Alaska. Her observations are so elemental.

    Daisy drew everyday on her trip to Virginia.

    Laura added a lot of drawings on her trip to Kansas.

    Marsha was taken with her neighbor’s Poppies.

    Danita is posting about her travels in the Southwest when she can get WIFI. This is Mesa Verde.

    At La Romita in Italy, Ken is keeping the sketchers busy. Ken. Lynda. Barb.

    Jane, Hugh and Sandy are keeping us up to date with travel pictures on Facebook. We’re looking forward to seeing their sketchbooks as well.
    Hugh. Pat. Jane.

    In the classroom: Hugh, Pat and Sandy.