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  • At Cortesia Sanctuary, Eugene, OR

    When Tricia invited us out to sketch at her place outside Eugene, few of us realized what a treat was in store!  Of course, it did make deciding what to sketch a bit of a challenge. We may have to come back…

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    Entering the garden

     

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    Hi! What did Jan & Barb A find?

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    Erik checks out a rentable cabin – just right!

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    Penelope & Tricia know just where they want to go.

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    Penelope gets right at it, while Jan, Barb A & Trish chat.

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    Erik choses to do a wooded scene in graphite.

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    Forrest, Tricia’s husband, tells Erik about the history of the place.

    Below is Erik’s developed piece.
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    Meanwhile, Tricia, Penelope, & Barb A get busy sketching, too. Can you see whose work is whose, and how it develops?

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    Back on the porch with Erik, Jan begins to capture the little birdhouse vignette.
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    Jane moves from the birdhouse to the pot of gaillardia: IMG_4261IMG_2881

    And in the mail, not to be left out, come Hugh’s & Sandy’s sketches from far away.
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    Sandy's

  • Vero Coffee Shop, Eugene, OR – 6/24/14

    As usual, we start our sketch meetings by catching up on what people have been doing since our last meeting – here’s Barb Shirk’s sketch from her trip to Ashland to see the plays:

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    And here’s Heidi’s completed sketch of flowers & shells on her deck:

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    Barb Shirk shared her sketch of some of us sketching  last week:

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    And one of Penelope’s sketches of us, viewed by Barb A & Heidi (yep, that looks just like Joby!):

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    Here’s most of the happy crew from today (Penelope, Tricia, Heidi, Erik, Jan, Barb A, Barb Shirk – Jane behind the camera):

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    Jan and Barb A. adding water to pigment (Jan with markers, Barb A. with watercolor pencils):

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    Barb Shirk did a sketch of her dog Armando from a photo on her phone:

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    Jane did a sketch of the clivia in her front room (from a photo, too):

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    Erik’s sketch was from a sweet remembered scene in the medical clinic:

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    Tricia & Heidi sketched directly from observation today, as did Penelope (& Jan & Barb A, seen above):

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    Please let us know if you like this Blog format (where you can leave comments), especially compared to our website Sketching Events format – https://topdrawers.org/topdrawers/Sketching_Events/Sketching_Events.html

  • Welcome to our first interactive blog entry!

    We welcome your comments and questions, as we venture into this new format.  Our weekly sketch meetings will be reported here starting with our June 24, 2014, session.

    We think this will be fun for all!  From Jane, our editor:

    Jane